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Interesting to see Gloria Arroyo attempting to use, abuse, and make a refuse of, the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines.

When a bishop acted as impeachment complainant, the Arroyo partisans cried wolf: the buffoon Prospero Nograles calling it a violation of the Constitution; the Fortress by the Pasig calling for a probe whether the bishop violated any Church rule. Both were incorrect. Using an papal encyclical, MLQ3 debunks the Fortress’ call. DJB twits the hapless (and hopeless) Nograles by citing the Constitution and what is probably the correct interpretation of that section of the Charter.

And right after meeting Pope Benedict XVI, Arroyo minced no words in using the Pope. Her message basically said the Pope sang praises of her acts, and supports the Chacha ChooChoo train. Again, read the pertinent quote in the excellent DJB post. MLQ3, not amused by the booboos of the Fortress protocol (addressing the King of Spain in a press release as “Highness”, the appellation reserved for a prince; Arroyo making “mano” instead of just shaking hands, as protocol between two heads of state, and besides if she really want to pay obeisance, she has to kiss the Pope’s ring), titled his blog post as Sandbagging the Pope.

Maybe, the Catholic Church’s refusal to dance to the Fortress’ music will force Arroyo to do something which was done centuries ago. Think Henry VIII. Maybe Arroyo is thinking of transforming herself as an Elizabeth I (Queen Bess was also called *shudders* Gloriana), head of state for life, promulgating a new Royal Charter, and establishing a state religion.

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