Religion & Politics

On the heels of Philippines President-elect Rodrigo Duterte's battle between the Church and politics, we are reminded of this:

Philippine presumptive President calls Catholic Church "the mosthypocritical institution"

UPDATE: Philippine President-elect Rodrigo Duterte said he will defy the Roman Catholic Church and seek to impose a three-child policy, putting him on a new collision course with the bishops a day after he called them "sons of whores".

"I only want three children for every family," Duterte said on Sunday in Davao City. "I'm a Christian, but I'm a realist so we have to do something with our overpopulation. I will defy the opinion or the belief of the Church."

About 80 percent of the Philippines' 100 million population are Catholics, the largest concentration of any Asian country, who oppose abortion and contraception.

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The presumptive Philippine president-elect has called the Roman Catholic church "the most hypocritical institution" and accused some of its bishops of corruption for allegedly asking favors from politicians, including him.

Rodrigo Duterte questioned just how important the Catholic bishops are.

After all, his overwhelming victory in the May 9 presidential election defied all efforts by the Bishops to persuade Filipinos not to vote for him.

Détente cursed the bishops, calling them "sons of bitches" accusing them of taking public money for their benefit, while the poor could not even afford to eat and buy medicine.