What is the Catholic Philippines like for animal advocacy?
*NITA Getting there, but more through animal lovers yet all the time there are more and more animal advocacy groups forming in this country. Sadly, though, many religious groups – priests and nuns- in the Catholic Church are still lacking in elevated consciousness about the rights of animals. Abolitionist: Will you tell us the story about Cardinal Jaime Sin as he sounds like a character. *NITA: Indeed he is! Jaime Cardinal Sin (that’s his official name) was loved and hated at the same time because he was a meddler in politics. He was a leading figure in the Edsa Revolution movement that unseated the dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Since he was so prominent in the public eye, I decided to write him a letter, asking for his endorsement of church blessings of animals every October. He addressed the endorsement to all parish priests, it was so beautifully worded that suddenly, so many parishes incorporated church blessings of the animals as an integral part of October that PAWS was swamped with
