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Thou shalt not kill: Catholic bishops start new Philippines prayer campaign
Source: Reuters
#WORLD NEWS NOVEMBER 5, 2017 / 8:06 AM / UPDATED 11 HOURS AGO
Thou shalt not kill: Catholic bishops start new Philippines prayer campaign
Manuel Mogato
3 MIN READ
MANILA (Reuters) - A top Catholic archbishop on Sunday called for Filipinos to choose peace over violence and end a spate of drug-related killings that have divided the nation.
Archbishop Socrates Villegas, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, was speaking as the church launched a new prayer campaign to “heal the nation and stop the killings” in the country.
Philippine Catholic bishops have been stepping up opposition to killings blamed on a government crack down on drugs.
They are now asking the faithful to pray with the rosary for 33 days until Dec. 8, an important Catholic feast of the Immaculate Conception.
The new campaign follows the 40-day ringing of church bells and lighting of candles for thousands of people killed in President Rodrigo Duterte’s 16-month war on drugs.
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Thou shalt not kill: Catholic bishops start new Philippines prayer campaign
Manuel Mogato
3 MIN READ
MANILA (Reuters) - A top Catholic archbishop on Sunday called for Filipinos to choose peace over violence and end a spate of drug-related killings that have divided the nation.
Archbishop Socrates Villegas, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, was speaking as the church launched a new prayer campaign to “heal the nation and stop the killings” in the country.
Philippine Catholic bishops have been stepping up opposition to killings blamed on a government crack down on drugs.
They are now asking the faithful to pray with the rosary for 33 days until Dec. 8, an important Catholic feast of the Immaculate Conception.
The new campaign follows the 40-day ringing of church bells and lighting of candles for thousands of people killed in President Rodrigo Duterte’s 16-month war on drugs.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-drugs-church/thou-shalt-not-kill-catholic-bishops-start-new-philippines-prayer-campaign-idUSKBN1D50M7