BALANGA CITY, Bataan: The chairman of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines’ Episcopal Commission on the Care of Migrants and itinerant People (CBCP–ECMI) on Sunday likened the life of overseas Filipino workers to the Season of Lent.

“It is like Jesus journeying to the desert but not only for 40 days but for months and years,” Bishop Ruperto Santos of the Diocese of Balanga and CBCP–ECMI chair, said.

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