AS Catholics prepare for Lent that officially starts tomorrow, Ash Wednesday, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) called on the faithful to fight the “economy of exclusion” that degrades and dehumanizes.

CBCP President Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas said he was referring to exclusion from gainful livelihood, exclusion from sufficient shelter, exclusion from rural development, exclusion from adequate health care, the exclusion from quality education and other faces of poverty.

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