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Bishop Jose Alan Dialogo(Photo courtesy: CBCP) MANILA - The Diocese of Sorsogon has ordered the indefinite suspension of Rev. Father Emmanuel Alparce from his ministry for participating in the May 9 polls. A circular dated April 4 signed by Bishop Jose Alan Dialogo said Alparce's joining in the national and local elections as candidate for councilor in the municipality of Bacacay, Albay violates the code of canon law forbidding clerics to assume public offices, which entail a participation in the exercise of civil power. "The Directory on Ministry and the Life of Priests urges clergy that priests "ought to refrain from actively engaging in politics, in order to be a central point of spiritual fraternity." The "Directory" further states that the "reduction of a priest's mission to temporal tasks, of a purely social or political nature, is foreign to his ministry, and does not constitute a triumph but rather a grave loss to the Church's evangelic

Davao cityEmmanuel alparceBishop jose alan dialogoEddie panlilioDiocese of sorsogonDirectory on ministryFather emmanuel alparceBishop jose alan dialogo photo courtesy cbcp manila the diocese of sorsogon has ordered indefinite suspension rev father emmanuel alparce from his ministry for participating in may 9 pollsa circular dated april 4 signed by said 39s joining national and local elections as candidate councilor municipality bacacayLbay violates the code of canon law forbidding clerics to assume public officesHich entaila participation in the exercise of civil power quot directory on ministry and life priests urges clergy that ought to refrain from actively engaging politicsN order to bea central point of spiritual fraternity quot the directory further states that reduction ofa priest 39s mission temporal tasksFa purely social or political natureS foreign to his ministryNd does not constitutea triumph but rathera grave loss to the church 39s evangelical fruitfulness quotUot the circular read it said clerics are thus encouraged quot always to foster peace and harmony based on justice which be observed among people not have an active part in political parties dialogo that since alparce is suspended indefinitely from every priestly ministryUot all his faculties which were granted by my predecessor are hereby withdrawn as of this date until further notice quot he said suspension isa censure prohibits him completely from exercising the power order