Does Fr. Fernando Suarez really praised the INC?

Last 2011 there was a circulating video in the internet that there was a Catholic priest, which is identified as Fr. Fernando Suarez, to have praised according to them the unity inside the Iglesia Ni Cristo of Felix Manalo. That is why there many INC who are as I can say to have been so flattered with the statement of Fr. Suarez praising the unity inside their church, that is why they made a circulating video edited from the original wherein they edited the statements of Fr. Suarez mentioning the INC, and cutting the rest of the homily, which appears to have been supporting them, this is the edited video that was been posted in the internet, wherein they cut the tape and focused it on Fr. Fernando Suarez' homily on the INC.

Edited Video:

If we try to look at the video, the INC cut the video, wherein they inserted the part where Fr. Suarez 'mentioned' the word Iglesia Ni Cristo, they even put english subtitles to it, this are the subtitles:

"You know, sometimes us Catholics seems like we do not care about our faith. We are not the only religion in the whole world that we do not care about our faith...we do not care about our church. We do not defend our faith, we do not  cooperate to the fullest. And , this is noticeable in our everyday lives. If we are going to examine the members of Church of Christ (Iglesia Ni Cristo), perhaps they are even less than10%. It means that we are even bigger than they are. But have you noticed how beautiful their chapels are?. They (the chapels) are all. It is because they HELP EACHH OTHER out to BEAUTIFY their CHAPELS. They themselves help. However, us Catholics...we might be waiting for them, members of Church of Christ (Iglesia Ni Cristo) to help us. That us impossible to happen. No one will help us Catholics but ourselves. Did you get what I say? Try to think of it, we catholics DO NOT COOPERATE enough." (INC invented subtitles)

However, there are INC members who being flattered had put it into their blog. One of them was readme who was a INC member who is known for his aggresive attackjs against the Roman Catholic Church, he said:

"Ive found a video on youtube about a Catholic priest who mentioned INC and praised INC unity in his sermon. He is "Fr. Fernando Suarez" from Metropolitan Cathedral Palo, Leyte and im hoping that all catholic priests and catholic defenders will be like him, he addressed INC as Iglesia ni Cristo and not as "Iglesia ni Manalo" which uneducated people always say to INC.

He also recognized INC UNITY, which catholics and catholic priests are against, as they take the church's unity negatively..." (posted last December 19, 2011, Iglesia Ni Cristo Blog)


This comment of readme was really funny, why? because he relied too much on the edited video which is indeed very ironic, Since in his recent blog posts, he reacted on the recent debate by the CFD President Bro. Ryan Mejillano, wherein, he accused the one who posted the video to have edited it so that the debate would be in favor of the CFD, yet here he is again, using an edited video to justify his beliefs, such an irony. To know the truth, I would present the original and complete video of the homily for everybody to see:

Original Video:

A Shorter version of the Original which the INC had copied and cut and edited:

    If we try to look at the video, Fr. Suarez, was not actually praising the INC, but he is only 'using' them as an example to the people by challenging them and awakening their spirits, that as the majority religion in the country, they must show their care for the Church and the Faith by becoming more involved in the Church, unlike what readme mentioned that  "He also recognized INC UNITY, which catholics and catholic priests are against, as they take the church's unity negatively...". In other words, he made presumptions that the Catholic Laity and the Catholic Priests are against the unity in the INC.  Readme is also ignorant of who Fr. Fernando Suarez is. He said "He is "Fr. Fernando Suarez" from Metropolitan Cathedral Palo." , he thought that Fr. Suarez was a priest of the Palo Cathedral. Yet he didn't know that Fr. Suarez was not from Palo nor is he a priest there, he is only there as a guest priest because of his healing ministry. This is the the biography of Fr. Fernando Suarez:

"Fr. Fernando Suarez, was born in the Province of Batangas in the Philppines in 1967. After spending much of his life living and working in the Philippines, with a Chemical Engineering degree, he came to Winnipeg, Canada in 1995. In Canada, he continued to persue his desire to follow the Lord as a Roman Catholic Priest, something he strongly felt God was calling him to become. In 1997 he joined the Companions of the Cross religious community of priests and seminarians, founded by Rev. Robert Bedard in 1985 in Ottawa, Canada, and Fr. Fernando was ordained to the priesthood in 2002.Early in his life, sometime around the age of 16, God was beginning to use him in a powerful way as he reached out to people who were in need. He found that as he sensed God calling him to pray with people who were sick, these people he ministered to were getting healed. At first he struggled understanding the gift God had given him, but more and more, as the Lord put the people in his path who were in need, the sick were able to find the healing touch of Jesus through the hands of Fr. Fernando Suarez. To date, Fr. Fernando has prayed with literally thousands of people in need of healing, with much success for those with faith.

Since his ordination to the priesthood, Fr. Fernando has found that the gift of healing has become more pronounced in him and that God is using him even more. He spent the first year of his priesthood as the associate pastor of St. Timothy¹s parish in North York, Ontario, however, since July 2003, in order to foster the spiritual gifts God has given him, he was assigned to begin a ministry of healing. He is now regularly conducting Healing Masses, retreats and missions, with large numbers of people now in attendance. I met Fr. Fernando back in early 1997, before he joined the Companions of the Cross, and I have especially come to know him as a close friend over the last six years. I can truly say, with complete certainty and assurance, that Fr Fernando is a deep man of prayer, and the most balanced and wholesome person I have ever met. He exhibits, on the day to day level, the fruitful lifestyle and way of life that befits a man who has been called by God to minister as a priest with a healing ministry. He rediates the joy of the Lord to everyone he meets, and people flock to him as they sense his genuineness, holiness, and his personal love for them. Fr. Fernando never lets people down who come to him and for those who open up to him, he is able to speak a loving word and personal affirmation from the Lord which they need to hear for the next step in their personal journey. I can personally attest to the authenticity of the many healings which have taken place through Fr. Fernando's ministry, knowing and speaking with many of those who have experienced healing from the Lord through him.

Since July, 2006, I have been working full time together with Fr. Suarez in the healing ministry. As priests of the Apostolic Vicariate of San Jose, San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines, we minister under Mary Mother of the Poor Foundation, a foundation he started to assist the poor and disadvantaged in the Philippines and beyond (see webpage link). In 1996, while praying, Fr. Fernando had a vision of thousands of poor children coming to him seeking assistance. MMP began informally at this time as he gave from the small stipends he received while giving talks as a seminarian. Now MMP has become a charitable organization and all the proceeds from his healing ministry are funneled into MMP to support the poor. Currently, MMP is feeding 2000 students daily, sponsoring close to 140 families, 25 seniors, 50 scholars, and 6 seminarians in the poor areas of the Philippines. MMP has also hosted medical missions, built homes for needy families and erected classrooms in a few schools where the children have classes outside. There are many more projects ahead for Mary Mother of the Poor in the future.

The healing ministry, under the umbrella of MMP, has us conducting healing Masses, missions, retreats, and conferences, along with Life in the Spirit seminars and marriage enrichment weekends. This demand has taken Fr. Fernando all throughout Canada, the USA, the Philippines, Central America, Europe, other parts of Asia, and anywhere else God sends him. Fr. Fernando has ministered in many countries and has prayed over close to half a million people in 2006 alone! Thousands upon thousands have been healed and the testimonies continue to roll in about the power of the Lord Jesus healing His people through the hands of Fr. Fernando. (see testimonials on this webpage)

Fr. Fernando only prays with people after the celebration of a healing Mass. It is the REAL PRESENCE OF JESUS IN THE EUCHARIST who heals and He is using Fr. Fernando's hands to heal the sick and the broken hearted. Therefore, he discourages people coming to him seeking healing outside of the context of the Mass. I have witnessed on many occasions the blind able to see, the deaf able to hear, and the lame able to walk, and cancer disappearing. These are the most powerful healings that often take place on the spot. As well, back pains, shoulder pains, coupled with thousands upon thousands of spiritual healings have become a regular occurrence in the ministry I am witnessing in the life of Fr. Fernando.

The healing ministry of Fr. Fernando Suarez is just beginning and he truly does it all for the Lord. He is a humble man with much wisdom from the Holy Spirit and he is working diligently in the vineyard of the Lord. I consider myself quite blessed to have come to know him and share with him my ministry as a brother priest and I know the Lord is going to continue to use him in greater ways to help light a brighter fire in our Church and in a world that is so desperately seeking the love of Jesus in their lives." (About Father Fernando Suarez by: Fr. Jeff Shannon,Mission team w/ Fr. Fernando, Mary Mother of the Poor, http://www.fatherfernando.com/inside/index.php?action=about)

Readme is ignorant of Fr. Fernando Suarez, because, Fr. Fernando was not a priest of the Cathedral of Palo but he is based on Monte Maria Tent at Brgy. Amuyong Alfonso Cavite. He thought that Fr. Suarez was flattering them by mentioning the INC and that he mentioned that they are helping in the painting their church because they help each other, this is only partial because if he try to watch the whole homily, he only challenged the faithful catholics to awaken their consciousness to be more involved in the church as the source of all graces that comes from God through His Son Our Lord Jesus Christ, not that Fr. Suarez was praising anybody. That is why I suggest to readme to watch the whole homily rather than invent his own presumptions and rely on the edited the videos that is said to 'praise' them.