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Catholic churches in Mindanao are working actively to transform conflict and build peace. Churches are

promoting interreligious dialogue, implementing peace education programs, assisting conflict victims,

declaring peace zones, and contributing to peace advocacy with the government and other civil society

groups.

In the links to the right are articles and excerpts that cover the Churchs role in greater detail.

he Church has also engaged in challenges more broad in scope than Mindanao. !or instance, on "uly

#$, $%#%, Manila &uxiliary 'ishop 'roderick (abillo said that unresolved )uestions over the legitimacy of

former (resident *loria Macapagal+&rroyos administration must be brought to closure. he *overnment

of the (hilippines is considering the full disclosure of the +year old report of an in)uiry into claims some

top military officials were involved in the alleged stealing of the $%% elections for &rroyo.

RELIGION AND POLITICS IN THE PHILIPPINES: THE PUBLIC ROLEOF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE DEMOCRATIZATION OFTHE FILIPINO POLITY

AUTHOR(S)

Cartagenas, Aloysius Lopez

PUB. DATE

December 2010

SOURCE

Political Theology;Dec2010, Vol 11 !ssue ", p#$"

SOURCE TYPE

Aca%emic &ournal

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

'rom a social(ethical point o) *ie+, an appalling lac o) a sense o) common goo% continues to haunt Philippine

political li)e e*en a)ter the restoration o) %emocracy through the 1-#" People Po+er re*olution .ur stu%y

conten%s that it is mainly cause% by a polity that %oes not allo+ )or a participatory %eliberation an% en*isioning o)

the common goo% an% a political culture that is not nurturing but hin%ering the collecti*e an% institutional

commitment )or it /hile the oman Catholic Church has been partly responsible )or this %emocratic %e)icit, it

ne*ertheless remains a social )orce +ith a moral high groun% )or political trans)ormation, i) it is able to change itssocial location an% re(in*ent its social mission A sel)(critical 'ilipino church +hose base ecclesial communities

are inserte% lie lea*en in ci*il society hol%s the most important ey to the %emocratization o) Philippine polity

an% culture in the light o) the ospel

Catholic Church in the Philippines

'rom /iipe%ia, the )ree encyclope%ia

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