The incoming president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Monday urged churches to stop asking for donations from politicians because it gives them reason to use jueteng money and their ‘pork barrel.’

Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas said the Catholic Church should show moral leadership by not asking and taking money from politicians to stop corruption.

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