Original sentence: The Iglesia ni Cristo hosts responded to Soriano's challenge on their program by asking him to debate first with Pope John Paul II who was bedridden at that time and died a few days later
Edited sentence: The Iglesia ni Cristo hosts (who has repeatedly dodged previous challenges for a debate) responded to Soriano's challenge on their program by asking him to debate first with Pope John Paul II who was bedridden at that time and died a few days later