THE REVIVAL of the death penalty is high in the agenda as the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) tackles the socio-political landscape on the third day of its biannual plenary assembly.
The Church hierarchy will likely issue a strong statement against a bill reintroducing capital punishment for heinous crimes, sources at the CBCP said, in a prelude to a looming clash with the Duterte administration that has pledged to wipe out crime and illegal drugs in three to six months.
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