“We are working together against it because God gives life. It is His gift to us that we have to treasure and cherish,” Bishop Ruperto Santos of the diocese of Balanga said.
The diocese comprises parishes in 11 towns and one city in Bataan. The Bataan prelate emphasized that life, being God-given, should be protected and preserved and not to destroy nor inflict death.
“There is always hope and healing to anyone and even bad people can still be saved. Let us give chances for everybody to repent,” Santos said.
He said that in the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines – Episcopal Commission on Migrants and Itinerant People, they always appeal for mercy and clemency for Filipinos incarcerated in foreign lands.
“While here we are promoting death penalty, so we are sending wrong message to those countries,” Santos who is CBCP – ECMI chair said.
