'We do not want to add further fuel to the tension. Nobody wants a war,' says Bishop Virgilio David, CBCP president
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During a news conference in Cagayan de Oro on Monday, July 8, David said the bishops also agreed on anfor peace amid the backdrop of increasing geopolitical tensions in various regions of the world. Cagayan de Oro Archbishop-Emeritus Antonio Ledesma said on Wednesday, July 10, he and other priests in the city welcomed the decision of the CBCP not issue an official position pertaining to the tensions at the WPS.to calm tensions in the WPS after recent conflicts with China over missions to resupply Filipino troops on a disputed shoal.
Even the city’s mayor, Rolando Uy, who hosted an event for about 80 bishops, expressed pride in Cagayan de Oro being chosen as the venue for the CBCP’s first high-level meeting in Mindanao. Before the assembly in Cagayan de Oro, the bishops attended a four-day retreat at the Transfiguration Abbey in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, from July 1 to 4.
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