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May 30, 2019 · Pope Francis has told a Filipino bishop who has received death threats for criticizing his government’s so-called “drug war”, that he knows what he is going through and that he is praying for him. Rights groups claim over 20,000 people have been killed in extrajudicial killings, mostly carried out by the country’s police since the ...
Jan 25, 2018 · The image of a clergyman holding off the police at the church gates was a powerful one for the community. It was a significant act of resistance amid growing opposition to the drug war.
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Aug 24, 2018 · August 24, 2018. An opposition Filipino senator has asked Pope Francis to pray for the Philippines, especially for poor Filipinos who suffer the brunt of drug-related killings. Senator Bam Aquino presented the pontiff with letters from members of the Philippine clergy, laypeople and church organizations who are asking for prayers.
Sep 1, 2016 · In Lingayen-Dagupan Archdiocese, north of Manila, Archbishop Socrates Villegas urged Catholics to pray for the victims of the government's anti-narcotics war. Villegas, who is also president of the bishops’ conference, has declared a "Day of Prayer for Life" on Sept. 14.
Jul 18, 2019 · Relatives and friends of victims of the Philippines’s war on drugs protesting in Manila in 2017. Photograph: Jes Aznar/Getty. President Rodrigo Duterte’s violent crackdown has left 20,000...
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Jul 18, 2019 · Manila, 2019. One of the most famous victims – and a rare survivor – of Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs is a 30-year-old pedicab driver named Francisco Santiago Jr. In September 2016, while cycling through central Manila, Santiago was abducted by a Philippine national police (PNP) officer posing as a passenger.
As Filipinos remembered their departed on All Souls' Day, the country's church leaders called on the faithful to also pray for those who fell victim in the government's all-out war against illegal ...
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