[GTranslate]TORONTO – Confusion? Having admitted that much about government policies in respect of what should be opened and what should be closed during this pandemic, we should note the contagion of that illogic. There is plenty to go around. →
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Transcript of Video – Summary of Joe Volpe’s Article –
“Your eminence, a lot of things do not make sense”, by the Honourable Joe Volpe, brings to light the disparity between the rights afforded religious institutions and commercial enterprises in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Church has protested feebly to the severe restrictions, while big box stores, supported by the Provincial Cabinet, have been vociferous and unrelenting. The result is that, while large chain stores and outlet malls are now permitted to be open, even crowded, churches and mausoleums remain virtually shuttered. Volpe laments the Cardinal’s inaction, as seen also in recent events surrounding Catholic education in the Archdiocese of Toronto.
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Isang kamaganak lumapit sa akin at sinabi na siya ay sinabihan nang amo niya na siya ay “re-trenched.” Itong salitang Ito’y parang malalim ang ibig sabihin. Ang unang pumasok sa isipan ko ay noon unang digmaan na ang mga sundalo ay nasa mga trench, na may maduming tubig, putik, mga hayup na gaga, mga sundalo na may tama nang baril o sugatan, na ang paa ay namamaga. Kaya ang salitang trench ay parang magulong at mahirap na digmaan. Walang nag sabi na madali ang trabaho. May oras na maraming mo ang trabaho sa isang digmaan. →
Someone close to me made an announcement the other day: “I’ve been retrenched”. There is something about this word that gets to me. Root word: trench. Like trench warfare, World War I. Fighting in the trenches, all that mud, dirty water, rats, gangrene. And to be “re-trenched” sounds like you have to go through with it all over again. Nobody ever said work is easy. At times, you really are waging a war. →
