tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7438992007413018604.post6326725325007627466..comments2024-03-28T00:22:18.175-07:00Comments on Travel and Wellness With Maria: Jose Rizal's Padre Damaso: To Whom In Real Life He Got the "Bad" Image FromMaria Rona Beltranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17932746106141115840noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7438992007413018604.post-45638560268046274872014-06-20T13:40:28.074-07:002014-06-20T13:40:28.074-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7438992007413018604.post-47449605507886784322012-10-20T08:25:47.996-07:002012-10-20T08:25:47.996-07:00I've started to read some of your post and I f...I've started to read some of your post and I find this interesting. Friars having children for some reason was quite common back in the days (two of our past presidents are rumored to be bastard sons of Friars). The historian Ocampo jokingly suggested that we should look at our closets, maybe we can find a Friar ancestor there somewhere. Even Rizal had an immediate relative who had a relationship with the cura paroco. Same guy that baptized him. To claim that him meeting the Franciscan in Polo gave him the idea is an allegorical interpretation of historical facts. The reason why Rizal picked the Franciscan was because of its contradiction and active opposition against the Masons. Rizal being one opted to besmirched their missions. The traditional Third Order of St. Francis had been promoted by Pope Leo XIII to oppose, in religious terms, the spread of Masonic beliefs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com