Philippine prelate urges Pacific leaders to empower the poor
November 19, 2015
As APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation), the 21-nation Pacific Rim trade bloc, gathered for a summit in Manila, the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines called for the empowerment of the poor.
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“Don’t equate the poor with simply giving help, giving aid through dole-outs, because that’s not what they are asking,” said Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan. “Instead, let us afford them with an active voice in worldly decisions to be made.”
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