Posts Tagged ‘Bishop Pablo Virgilio David’

Duterte critic as Philippines Bishops Conference president

Monday, July 12th, 2021
bishops elect Duterte critic

Bishop Pablo Virgilio David of Caloocan, an outspoken critic of President Duterte, has been elected as president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines. David, 62, has served as the conference’s vice president for the last four years. He will begin the two-year term as head of the conference on December 1. The bishop Read more

President says pray at home, don’t pay idiots at church

Thursday, November 29th, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte is urging Filipinos to pray at home instead of going to church. “When someone is baptised, you have to pay…when someone dies, you have to pay,” he says. “Build your own chapel in your own house and pray there. You don’t have to go to church to pay for these idiots,” he is Read more