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The Catholic Bishop Conference of the Philippines cannot stand as guarantor before the civil court. Bishop Socrates Villegas, the present president of the said Conference says that “existing Church laws do not allow an episcopal conference to stand as guarantor before civil courts that the accused will not abscond and will be available at every trial date". This is the response of the CBCP  as the bishops meet on their bi-annual meeting this month on the request sent by Ms. Janet Napoles who was been accused of plunder and graft in the Sandiganbayan for the pork Barrel of the Senators and Congressman amounting to about 10 billion pesos. There is also no clear cut provisions  under civil law that the CBCP are qualified for such a role as Ms. Napoles would the Conference to assume.  The CBCP is cautioned on this matter as such that the primary function of the Church will not be siphoned to this endeavor which is the primary role of the state. The Church r...

CBCP President and Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma Episcopal Commission on Catechesis and Catholic Education Executive Secretary Msgr. Gerardo Santos Bishop Broderick Pabillo Archbishop Romulo Valles MANILA, March 7, 2012—CBCP President and Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma and Episcopal Commission on Catechesis and Catholic Education Executive Secretary Msgr. Gerardo Santos are among the Church leaders who will speak to administrators of Catholic schools, seminaries and catechetical centers at the Summer Festival of Catechesis next month. CBCP National Secretariat for Social Action, Justice and Peace and Manila Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo, Zamboanga Archbishop Romulo Valles and CBCP Episcopal Commission on Liturgy Fr. Genaro Diwa are also scheduled to preside over Mass and give talk on the three-day gathering slated on April 24 to 26 at Sienna College in Quezon City. According to organizers, the fourth Pope Benedict XVI Summer Festival of Catechesis and Christian Formation is primaril...

( A repost from CBCPNews) MANILA, July 14, 2009—The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has elected the new chairman of its Episcopal Commissions Sunday during their 99th Plenary Assembly. Out of the thirty-one Episcopal Commissions heads, eight were replaced while the others were re-elected. The Episcopal Commissions, Committees and Offices are the executive arm of the Bishops’ Conference that attends particular concerns of the Church such as, Catechesis and Education, Vocations, Social Action, Family and Life among others. San Fernando Auxiliary Bishop Pablo Virgilio David, succeeded Sorsogon Bishop Arturo Bastes as chair of the Episcopal Commission on Biblical Apostolate; and chairman Surigao Bishop Antonieto Cabajog succeeded Tagbilaran Bishop Leonardo Medroso as chair of the Episcopal Commission on Canon Law. The new chairman of the Episcopal Commission on Clergy is Iba Bishop Florentino Lavarias while Manila Archbishop Gaudecio Cardinal Rosales is the new Chair ...