A Quote by Jessica Hagedorn

[On The Philippines:] ... eighty dialects and languages are spoken; we are a fragmented nation of loyal believers, divided by blood feuds and controlled by the Church.

Jessica Hagedorn

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Believers Blood Church Controlled Dialects Divided Eighty Feuds Fragmented Languages Loyal Nation Philippines Spoken

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Jessica Hagedorn
Filipino - Writer
Born: 1949

The Church must be one because a fragmented church is not much help to a fragmented world.

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