NOTHING turns off the regular Mass-goer than a priest’s bad homily. The faithful know when the priest is woefully unprepared; the homily is neither here nor there and goes on and on. At times, the priest meanders into politics, alienating those of a different persuasion. God forbid if the priest wished ill of the object of his tirade.

That’s exactly what happened on Thursday at the hallway of the Senate offices. Sympathetic clergy celebrated Mass for beleaguered Sen. Antonio Trillanes 4th, who was holed up at the chamber for fear of getting arrested as President Rodrigo Duterte had just issued a proclamation revoking his amnesty.

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