Catholic bishop frowns on Halloween commercialization

[Psalter Spectre]

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Masbate Bishop Joel Baylon said retailers selling scary merchandise create a “climate of fear" among children.

“I’m worried that Halloween has the potential to trivialize the realities of evil in the world and occult practices should not be condoned, even if they are only being presented like toys," he said in an article posted on the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines website.

I don't want to sound antagonistic to halloween fanatics but the bishop has the right to declare a climate of fear among children. For Catholics, the months of october and november should be centered on devotion to Mama Mary and offering sacrifices and prayers for all souls in purgatory. These are holy months and months wherein the outpouring of indulgences are rapid. It is sad to note that when these months come all we can think is that oktoberfest and halloween shall be rocking our minds -- things which aren't helpful for our salvation ...

[AmorsoloX]

I don't want to sound antagonistic to halloween fanatics but the bishop has the right to declare a climate of fear among children. For Catholics, the months of october and november should be centered on devotion to Mama Mary and offering sacrifices and prayers for all souls in purgatory. These are holy months and months wherein the outpouring of indulgences are rapid. It is sad to note that when these months come all we can think is that oktoberfest and halloween shall be rocking our minds -- things which aren't helpful for our salvation ...

not everybody is a christian.. and not all christians are catholics who believe in mary or the purgatory

everybody has the right to enjoy the seasons.. the church has no authority on what people should do...

[Psalter Spectre]

not everybody is a christian.. and not all christians are catholics who believe in mary or the purgatory

everybody has the right to enjoy the seasons.. the church has no authority on what people should do...

the directive is strongly for catholics and not for non-catholics ... to clear

[AmorsoloX]

the directive is strongly for catholics and not for non-catholics ... to clear

mao jud nka sakit anang mga pari.. gusto jud nila i-separate ang mga catholics from the rest of the filipinoes.. they just want to exercise their power over the masses.... tsk tsk tsk why dont they just let them be.. sheeesssshh...

di nako magwonder ngano wala na kaau maminaw sa simbahan karon..

[johnny22aa]

saba dha padre. basin nawong nimo moy horror.

[johnny22aa]

not everybody is a christian.. and not all christians are catholics who believe in mary or the purgatory

everybody has the right to enjoy the seasons.. the church has no authority on what people should do...

are you sure about this? when the church try to threatened noynoy on not supporting him if he doesn't change his views on reproductive health, do you think this is not a tactic to scare him and deprive their support? if they do support him, then just support him unconditionally.

then your saying the church has no authority on what people thinks? of course, but not in the direct manner. lay people (which most us are uneducated) would surely think "ti orok man gali si noynoy, unsa pa kaha kta". the church already knows about this. but they just keep on denying this situation. isn't this is a picture of irresponsibility? a narrow-minded POV?

[gikapoy]

not everybody is a christian.. and not all christians are catholics who believe in mary or the purgatory

everybody has the right to enjoy the seasons.. the church has no authority on what people should do...

agree
dili bitaw tanan christian catholic

ngano hilabtanan paman nila ang halloween oi
dili man religious nga event

[raski]

can we also frown on the commercialization of the catholic church then? After all...

minyo = bayad
baptism = bayad
blessing sa balay = bayad
pagbaligya og crucifix, rosary = bayad

it's only commercialization if its other people but not the catholic church right?

[gikapoy]

can we also frown on the commercialization of the catholic church then? After all...

minyo = bayad
baptism = bayad
blessing sa balay = bayad
pagbaligya og crucifix, rosary = bayad

it's only commercialization if its other people but not the catholic church right?

sir.. dili na bayad
donation
hehehehe

[pinoyapache]

Nothing bad or wrong with Halloween being different from our culture. Let's just respect it for what it is.

I don't "respect" Halloween but I do respect the departed souls during All Saint's Day and on All Soul's Day.