Cebu archbishop to priests: Don’t use pulpit to campaign for poll bets

Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma has reminded priests not to use the pulpit or their homilies to campaign for any candidate, as the campaign season for the 2022 national election recently kicked off. | GabrielLaluINQ

Instead, Palma assured that the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines will come out with a pastoral letter.

He likewise added tha lay people or the Church’s followers should be involved and campaign for those who would do good for the government. In 2012, Palma himself also issued a strong statement about plans of some priests to campaign against senatorial candidates who advocated for the passage of the Reproductive Health bill, which the Catholic Church believes was against the faith’s teachings.Ed Panlilio who was elected Pampanga governor in 2007.

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