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Clutching my rosary, I joined many Filipino Catholics on Thursday, June 27, in heeding the call of one of the most popular leaders of the Catholic Church.
To defend the Philippines from China, Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas called on Filipino Catholics to join a rosary campaign from June 27 until August 15. The former private secretary of Jaime Cardinal Sin said prayers can help calm tensions in the West Philippine Sea. “If God is with us,” said the 63-year-old Villegas, “no power can ever prevail against us!”
It’s easy to dismiss such a religious initiative as delusional, useless, and ineffective. After all, what we need the most is government action – chiefly by diplomats and our armed forces – bolstered by friends like the United States.
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