MANILA, Philippines — Despite the pastoral instruction of the Archdiocese of Manila to hold religious services with only 10 percent of the capacity of churches, Bishop Broderick Pabillo clarified on Wednesday that “local communities” will decide if they still want to hold physical Masses.
Pabillo, the apostolic administrator of the Manila archdiocese, said in an interview over Teleradyo that the concept of “local communities” was based on the “principle of subsidiarity.”
“Ibig sabihin na ang makakapag-desisyon sa ground ay mga local communities,” Pabillo said.
(That means those who will make the decision are the local communities.)
“Kaya sinabi namin sa pastor…
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