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Philippine church leaders expect more deaths as police relaunch drug war
- Jan 17, 2018
Church leaders in the Philippines warned of more killings after the national police announced it is relaunching the government’s controversial anti-narcotics war.
As Brazil cracks down on drugs, parish religious life changes
- Nov 20, 2017
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — For years favela residents throughout Rio de Janeiro have lived side-by-side with drug traffickers, who flock to these very poor mountainside communities confident that police would not go up the steep alleyways to arrest them. Recent government efforts to capture the drug traffickers, however, have
Charismatic bishop wields Gospel against Caribbean ‘lethal cocktail’ of crime, corruption
- Nov 19, 2017
Archbishop Charles Jason Gordon was appointed by Pope Francis on Oct. 19 to lead the Archdiocese of Port of Spain, capital of Trinidad and Tobago, historically a Catholic stronghold in the Caribbean. Gordon’s spiritual roots are in the charismatic movement, specifically a local group born in 1975 called the Living Water Community. He wants to use the Gospel to challenge a “lethal cocktail” of corruption and crime in the region, calling people to give their hearts to Jesus Christ as the foundation for their own lives and the broader society.
El Paso and Ciudad Juarez: Sister cities, worlds apart
- Nov 13, 2017
Increased control of the U.S.-Mexican border between El Paso and Ciudad Juarez started in the 1990s to fight the international drug trade, and 9/11 marked a turning point in its militarization. In 2008, corrugated metal fencing was built and cut the binational city in two. Workers lost jobs, and families lost family members. El Paso’s sister city sank into poverty and drug-fueled violence.
Philippine bishops begin prayer vigil to protest deaths in war on drugs
- Nov 7, 2017
Archbishop Socrates Villegas – outgoing president of the Philippines bishops’ conference – said clergy, politicians and security forces need to repent for complacency, ambition for power and instilling fear rather than respect. Rights groups and local media have reported 7,000-12,000 deaths as a result of police operations and unexplained killings in the 17 months since President Rodrigo Duterte took office after running on a platform to rid the country of criminals.
Philippine bishops deny trying to undermine Duterte anti-drug crackdown
- Oct 6, 2017
The Catholic Church in the Philippines says it is not trying to destabilize the government by offering sanctuary to security officers wishing to testify about abuses in the country’s violent anti-drug crackdown. Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan, the bishops’ conference president, earlier announced that police officers wanting to reveal information about the drug war have sought church protection.
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