AND THEY SAY IT WAS A ROBBERY WITH HOMICIDE
Alexander Martin Remollino

In memory of Bp. Alberto Ramento (Iglesia Filipina Independiente), found dead with multiple stab wounds in his convent on Oct. 3, 2006

And they say it was a robbery with homicide.
And so it is, for they say it is so.

For there's a lot to be stolen from a convent,
a convent the construction of which
has been perpetually in progress,
a convent with a damaged door.
There is much to be stolen from such a convent --
much aside from the breath of a bishop
whose heart throbbed with the pulse of the people.

And they say it was a robbery with homicide.
And so it is, for they say it is so.