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(Update on Bishops to Elect new CBCP President , repost from CBCPnews ) DAVAO CITY, July 12, 2009—Following the announcement that the new president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is Tandag Bishop Nereo Odchimar, some are happy that it is from a Mindanaoan bishop but others keep mum. Dominican Sister Anabelle del Castillo of Justice and Peace said that he was happy that Odchimar is elected in the post saying, “he deserves that. We will pray for him.” Del Castillo added that he is hoping that the newly-elected CBCP president will also give high priority to issues concerning the lives of the people. Missionaries of the Assumption (MA) Superior Sr. Maria Luz F. Mallo is also optimistic that Odchimar will make a difference especially in handling social issues. “Although I don’t personally know him, but I am happy that he is the new CBCP president. I am just hoping that he will be a strong supporter on the advocacy for the people,” Mallo told CBCPNews. WAIT AND ...

(Update on Bishops to Elect new CBCP President , repost from CBCPnews ) MANILA, July 11, 2009─A brother bishop portrayed the newly-elected president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), Tandag Bishop Nereo Odchimar as a “kind man”. “This I know for having related with him for sometime especially in canonical matters,” said Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz. Cruz, a canon lawyer and a former CBCP President himself said he is praying for Bishop Odchimar’s “successful leadership.” Asked about his reactions to reports that Odchimar talked with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in Malacañang a couple of days before he got elected as CBCP President, Cruz said he is not disturbed at all. “I read the article and I was not disturbed by it because he is free to talk to anybody he likes to,” the prelate said. Cruz did not attend the Plenary Assembly at Pope Pius XII Catholic Center in Manila due to some urgent matters he said he needed to focus on. “[I] was given an ...