FRANCISCO S. TATAD
EXTREME adversity has led some people to believe that evil in our midst comes now from “powers and principalities,” no longer from mere men misusing their worldly power. This seems to be in full accord with the statement attributed to Blessed Paul VI, when he was Pope, that the “smoke of Satan” had entered the Church itself. As far as these people are concerned, therefore, some transcendental power must be orchestrating the events that have put the Duterte administration to its most severe test.