The social action arm of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines on Thursday, June 10, welcomed the issuance of cease and desist order against the proponents of the Kaliwa Dam project.
CBCP-NASSA In a statement, the CBCP National Secretariat for Social Action Justice and Peace reaffir
Published February 16, 2021, 4:03 PM
ABS-CBN and the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines – Caritas Filipinas Foundation, Inc. (CBCP-CFFI) or Caritas Philippines are joining forces to help alleviate poverty in the country through launching an online portal for donations.
Starting Feb. 17 on Ash Wednesday, viewers and netizens who attend the Kapamilya Daily Mass with Fr. Tito Caluag on-air or online via ABS-CBN’s different platforms can make a donation to Caritas Philippines’ Alay Kapwa/Stewardship program, that will be used to support poverty alleviation programs for food security, education, jobs/livelihood, nutrition and mental health, and conscience collective formation, as well as relief operations during calamities, of Caritas Philippines’ Building Networks of Compassion (BNC) Movement.
The social action arm of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines has urged authorities to look closer into the Tumandok killings and ensure that justice is served.
Bishop Jose Collin Bagaforo
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He cited the Rights of Nature Bill and the Food Security Bill pending before the House of Representatives as examples.
“These are important legislations that when ratified, will improve our farmers’ lives, will lessen climate vulnerability and risks, will strengthen our economy, and will generally make the Philippine government fully responsive to the needs of its people,” Bagaforo said in a statement on Tuesday.
“During the last nine months, we have seen that poverty has worsened. Government’s inability to act prudently has a lot to do with it,” he added.