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                    [Title] => EDITORIAL - Adding insult to injury
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As if the decision by Cebu City prosecutors to clear Catholic priest Benedicto Ejares of any culpability in the molestation of high school girls during confession was not painful and disappointing enough, along comes Cardinal Ricardo Vidal expressing his happiness with the decision.

[DatePublished] => 2007-10-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 283497 [Title] => Cardinal Sin – media man [Summary] => Early in the evening of Saturday, February 22, 1986, Cardinal Sin picked up the phone and said: "Get me Radio Veritas."

He waited.

When he had the studios at Fairview, he said: "Please put me on the air. I want to say something."

A few moments later, the announcer said: "Your Eminence. . . . you’re on!"
[DatePublished] => 2005-06-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133565 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1323138 [AuthorName] => Fr. James Reuter, SJ [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 207613 [Title] => Sense of proportion [Summary] => There are some people (including some very good and holy persons) who object to bishops being called "Their Excellencies". They say it is contrary to the spirit of the Gospel. Jesus Christ was never addressed as "Your Excellency", so why should bishops?

By that logic they should also object to cardinals being addressed as "Your Eminence" and the Pope as "Your Holiness". When one meets the Pope, one should just say, "Good morning, John Paul," and when one meets the dreaded Cardinal Ratzinger, one might say," Hi, Ratz." [DatePublished] => 2003-05-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133160 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804677 [AuthorName] => Fr. Miguel A. Bernad, SJ [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => EDITORIAL - Adding insult to injury
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As if the decision by Cebu City prosecutors to clear Catholic priest Benedicto Ejares of any culpability in the molestation of high school girls during confession was not painful and disappointing enough, along comes Cardinal Ricardo Vidal expressing his happiness with the decision.

[DatePublished] => 2007-10-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 283497 [Title] => Cardinal Sin – media man [Summary] => Early in the evening of Saturday, February 22, 1986, Cardinal Sin picked up the phone and said: "Get me Radio Veritas."

He waited.

When he had the studios at Fairview, he said: "Please put me on the air. I want to say something."

A few moments later, the announcer said: "Your Eminence. . . . you’re on!"
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By that logic they should also object to cardinals being addressed as "Your Eminence" and the Pope as "Your Holiness". When one meets the Pope, one should just say, "Good morning, John Paul," and when one meets the dreaded Cardinal Ratzinger, one might say," Hi, Ratz." [DatePublished] => 2003-05-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133160 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804677 [AuthorName] => Fr. Miguel A. Bernad, SJ [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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