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CBCP chief asks prayers for INC was the title of the article in the CBCP News . This was the response of Archbishop Socrates Villegas on the call to prayer for the peaceful resolution of the conflict within this denominational church. A very christian act and an example of Christ's summon to love one another. It  garnered positive response to the Netizens knowing that the members of INC are relentless in their attack of Catholic faith and faithful. Practically, I am reminded that truly this is the Christian way, praying for those all people even if they are inimical to you.

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...

MANILA, Jan. 14, 2012— It is unacceptable to evangelize without helping those who are suffering and in need, a ranking official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines said. To not be concerned with life’s temporal problems is going against the Gospel teaching of helping the needy, Archbishop Socrates Villegas said in his homily during the launching of the ‘Year of Mission’ on Saturday. “Every missionary must reach out, proclaim, teach, baptize, pray and love. But a missionary must be helpful all the time regardless of convictions, regardless of faith, regardless of culture,” Villegas said. “Helping hands, meaning to say we embrace all the tears, the joys, the successes, the defeats, the discouragements, the frustrations of humanity. Nothing that is human can be alien to the church. Because the Lord came from heaven in order to embrace fully our humanity,” he said. Hundreds of faithful, mostly young people, graced the launching of the “Year of Pontifical Miss...