Arroyo, Cardinal Rosales share optimism for country

Gaudencio Cardinal Borbon Rosales

Function: Archbishop of Manila

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Birthdate: Aug 10, 1932	Country: Philippines

Elevated: Mar 24, 2006	More information: [link=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/brosg.html][www.catholic-hierarchy.org]

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Arroyo, Cardinal Rosales share optimism for country
Apr 04, 2006
Sharing the optimism imparted by the country’s newest Prince of the Church, Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said she believed the political noise would soon die down and the path to growth would be cleared.

(INQ7.net, Mar 31, 2006) ”The President believes that the current political disagreements will soon give way to a government of consensus and common vision thus hastening the growth of the country,” Arroyo’s spokesman Ignacio Bunye said in a statement Friday.

Rosales, 73, arrived from Vatican Thursday night, where Pope Benedict XVI elevated him to the electoral College of Cardinals with 14 other bishops. He urged the Filipinos to make sacrifices for the country’s unity.

”We are humbled by the Papal message that the Philippines has a big role to play in Asia,” Bunye said. “Our faith in God and the patriotic spirit of Filipinos nationwide has seen us through every crisis.”

After battling an alleged coup attempt last month by a broad alliance of communists and rightist elements in the military, Arroyo is now faced with criticisms for endorsing a people’s initiative to amend the 1987 Constitution.

But Arroyo told critics of constitutional amendments “to stand back or get run over" by the Charter change train that is now full steam ahead.

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