THE Catholic Church on Friday criticized the national government for its failure to provide sufficient financial assistance to thousands of overseas Filipino workers who were repatriated from war-torn Libya and other strife-torn countries in the Middle East .

Fr. Celso Laracass, a Filipino priest based in Libya and the parish priest of St. Francis Catholic Church, described as “measly” the P10,000 financial assistance the government is giving to returning OFWs.

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