MANILA, Philippines — Church leaders should speak out against societal evils instead of remaining silent like watchdogs who have “lost the courage to bark,” Bishop Broderick Pabillo, administrator of the Archdiocese of Manila, said in his homily at a Mass he celebrated at the Binondo Church on Sunday.
“In the church, there are those that choose not to speak despite the obvious evils in the society,” Pabillo, an administration critic, said in his homily, parts of which were uploaded at the website of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) News.
“Sad to say, we, church leaders, take refuge in silence. We are like watchdogs who have lost the courage to at lea…
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