"Lex Talionis" means the "law of retaliation". It is the name of the law fraternity of Duterte as a student. He speaks often of the "law of retribution" in defending his deadly drug war. But the Gospel speaks of love and compassion for one's enemy, the sick, the prisoners, the outcasts of society, the misled, and the possessed.
I recommend that you watch and meditate on this touching and enlightening twelve-minute teaching of Caloocan City Bishop Pablo Virgilio David on the Law of God with respect to drug addicts and all those who are victims of all kinds of substance abuse.
Drug addicts, like alcoholics, casino addicts, and other patients suffering from substance abuse and all kinds of manic disorders, do not deserve summary death. They deserve compassionate healing. They deserve love.
Let us not allow Duterte (the modern day Emperor Nero who massacred the early Christians in Rome) to weaken our faith as the only Christian nation in Asia.
Caloocan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David criticizes Catholics who support drug war killings. David makes these remarks at the Family Rosary Crusade Marian Confer...
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