For the start of the Lenten season, that was surely a heartening sight for the Catholic Church: the faithful lining up to have their foreheads daubed with ash, for the first time since the pandemic. All places of worship are back to 100 percent capacity, and it looked like people were eager to return to churches. It’s a country steeped in religion. And partly because of this, some people have wondered why Asia’s bastion of the Roman Catholic faith has a serious corruption problem and has long been the homicide capital of the region even before the days of tokhang. There are so many lessons imp…