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Philippine bishops to end priest stipends for services


Philippine bishops to end priest stipends for services
Payment practice deters, hinders and prevents poor people from receiving the sacraments
Bishops in the Philippines say paying clergymen a stipend for church services is ‘anti-poor.’ (Photo: Angie de Silva)
Catholic bishops in the Philippines have issued a pastoral statement renewing a call for all dioceses to abolish the “anti-poor” practice of giving stipends to priests for conducting specific church rites or sacraments such as Masses or weddings.  
Up to now, whether to implement the arancel system, as it is known, has been left up to each diocese. Most dioceses in the Philippines charge fees for church services.   ....

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