Filipino Catholics have condemned President Duterte’s wholesale killing of drug users and dealers. Their opinion has not changed his views. He remains determined to see his aim to rid the country of all drug users and dealers. By killing them. Last weekend, a pastoral letter from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference was read at Masses throughout the Read more
Filipino Catholic bishops have joined calls for transparency following a recent defence deal between the United States and the Philippines. Last month’s deal could see the US return to former naval and air force bases in the north of the country, warned Philippines bishops’ conference spokesman Bishop Broderick Pabillo. “The problem is we don’t even Read more
While Catholic clergy and bishops in the Philippines are strongly campaigning against politicians who back a controversial “reproductive health” bill, the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference has declared there is no such thing as a “Catholic vote”. The proposed law seeks to provide funds for services on sex education, family planning and other reproductive Read more
Bishops in the Philippines have apologised “for the pain and sadness” caused after some bishops accepted donations from the state run Charity Sweepstakes Office. The president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, Bishop Nereo Odchimar, also said that the seven bishops involved were ready to “face the consequences” if they were found to Read more
The Catholic bishops in the Philippines who took a Mitsubishi Pajero or gambling money from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Organisation (PCSO) have committed a ‘sin’ but the acts are not ‘criminal’ according to House Minority leader Edcel Lagman. Lagman called the reception of these gifts “morally offensive.” “The Catholic Church is way too rich to Read more