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Assailants vandalize chapels in southern Philippines
Churchmen fear desecrations in Mindanao may have been an attempt to stoke unrest between Catholics and Muslims
Catholic lay ministers sprinkle ash on the head of a faithful during Ash Wednesday Mass at a church in Manila on Feb. 17, marking the start of the Lenten season. (Photo: Jam Sta Rosa/AFP)
Church officials in the Philippines have condemned recent attacks on several chapels in Basilan province in the Mindanao region during which religious items were desecrated.
The attacks in the Muslim-majority region took place just before Catholic worshippers at St. Isidore and Immaculate Conception chapels in Lamitan City were about to celebrate Ash Wednesday on Feb. 17.
Two Catholic prelates lauded Wednesday, Feb. 17, the Supreme Court for showing its independence by junking the election protest case of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. against Vice President Leni Robredo in connection with the 2016 polls.
Published February 1, 2021, 9:09 AM
A Catholic prelate has urged the public to monitor the oral arguments at the Supreme Court on the Anti-Terror Law on Tuesday, February 2.
Retired Sorsogon Bishop Arturo Bastes said it is important for everyone to follow the proceedings as such a law will have an impact on the country’s democracy.
Archdiocese of Manila Apostolic Administrator Bishop Broderick Pabillo
“We should monitor SC oral arguments, as far as I am concerned!” he said in an interview Monday.
“This Anti-Terror Law is harmful to our democracy! The President will become a dictator if this law takes effect!” added Bastes.
Philippine bishop welcomes damning ICC report on Duterte
International court says there is a reasonable basis to believe president is guilty of crimes against humanity
A victim of the Philippine drug war lies dead in an alley in the Manila suburb of Navotas in this file photo. (Photo: Vincent Go)
A leading churchman in the Philippines has backed a report issued by the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) which said that there was reason to believe President Rodrigo Duterte had committed crimes against humanity with his campaign against illegal drugs.
Retired Sorsogon Bishop Arturo Bastes went as far as saying there was strong evidence that Duterte was guilty of such crimes.