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Filipina Independiente Bishop Felixberto Calang along with more than a dozen persons and four groups were included in a list being distributed in Cagayan de Oro City red-tagging them as communists and supporters of the New People's Army. (Photo from Bishop Felixberto Calang's Facebook Account)

Stop red-tagging church missions for the poor, bishops appeal to gov’t

“We request that the Duterte administration fully respect the Churches’ efforts to serve the [‘anawim’] including its partner organizations, in both paper and practice, in order to continue the 500-year work here in the Philippines,” said the Ecumenical Forum for Peace and Human Rights.

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Agusan del Sur court rescinds arrest warrants of 17 rights defenders, peace advocates

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - In two separate resolutions, the Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 7 in Bayugan City, Agusan del Sur rescinded the warrants of arrest and dismissed the…

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Read more about the article Church leaders call for peace talks, Covid response on International Day of Peace
Photo taken from Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform (PEPP) Facebook page

Church leaders call for peace talks, Covid response on International Day of Peace

In observance of the International Day of Peace Tuesday, September 21, a group of Christian leaders appealed to the administration to revive the stalled peace negotiations with the communist groups.

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Read more about the article Unfazed, church leaders push for peace talks resumption beyond 2022 polls
PEACE ADVOCATES. Panel speakers during the Mindanao Peace Forum held at the Homitori Inn in Davao City on Wednesday, March 15 share light moments with the media and the participants who are mostly religious leaders. (From left to right) Fr. Rex Reyes, convener of the Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform; Atty. Antonio Arellano, government peace panel member; Bishop Felixberto Calang, convener of the Sowing the Seeds of Peace Movement; Satur Ocampo, independent cooperator for the National Democratic Front of the Philippines peace panel; and Sr. Luz Mallo of the Sisters Association of Mindanao. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Unfazed, church leaders push for peace talks resumption beyond 2022 polls

According to the Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform, they will work for the revival of the peace talks and will continue to do so beyond the 2022 local and national elections when the country will have already chosen its new set of political leaders.

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