The pastoral letter comes in the wake of killings and another encounter between soldiers and rebels in Kabankalan City
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Alminaza’s pastoral letter, “Embracing our Christian duty to work for integral peace,” was read during Masses in all Catholic churches under the Diocese of San Carlos in time for the celebration of the Feast of Ascension of the Lord. It was an appeal to all Negrenses to act now to foster peace amid unrest on Negros Island.
Colonel Rainerio de Chavez, Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office director, hailed Alminaza’s pastoral letter, saying it showed that the bishop wanted to put an end to the armed conflict between the government and the Communist Party of the Philippines-NPA. The Commission on Human Rights , Philippine Army, and Philippine National Police in the province announced separate investigations into the series of killings.
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