PHILIPPINES
GMA News
Gian C. Geronimo, Rouchelle R. Dinglasan
June 8, 2013
A new book — “Altar of Secrets” — portrays the Catholic Church in the Philippines as an institution filled with secrets and lacking in accountability.
Journalist Aries Rufo’s book “Altar of Secrets: Sex, Politics, and Money in the Philippine Catholic Church” shows “tough love” for the Church, with the goal of reforming its ills.
At the launching at Fully Booked bookstore in Taguig City on Friday, Rufo asked, “Are we out to destroy the Church? Of course the answer is no. How can one book destroy a Church that has been in existence for more than two thousand years?”
Rufo dedicated his book to “those who remain steadfast in their faith yet ache for reforms within the Holy Mother Church.”
Rufo hopes the book will engage the Church, ask tough questions, demand accountability, and push for transparency.
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