Tarlac Bishop Enrique Macaraeg says God promises justice, 'even if sometimes justice on earth is hard to find'.
involving homicide in 2019 – as well as President Rodrigo Duterte's repeated promise to protect cops when they shoot outlaws dead.
Like Macaraeg, Bishop Oscar Jaime Florencio – who ministers to soldiers and policemen as head of the Military Ordinariate of the Philippines – said the shooting incident was"uncalled for." "It's a pity that we have people killed in this time of pandemic and in the season nearing Christmas," Florencio said.
Bishop Pablo Virgilio David, vice president of the CBCP, also referred to the Tarlac shooting incident in a homily on Tuesday.Matagal na tayong sumisigaw: 'Stop the killings, start the healing.' Ngayong nasa pandemya tayo, siguro kailangan baliktarin: 'Start the healing? Stop the killingsThe Catholic Church is one of the staunchest critics of the culture of impunity under the Duterte government.
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