Philippine cardinal rips politician’s defense of drug war
May 26, 2026
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CWN Editor's Note: The president of the Philippine senate praised former President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war (2016-2022), which involved extrajudicial killings, as a “pro-life campaign”—evoking a sharp rebuke from a Philippine cardinal.
“I wonder if he can say this straight to the faces of the thousands of women widowed and children orphaned,” Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David of Kalookan said in response to comments made by Alan Peter Cayetano.
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