‘La Pieta’ will be replaced, says Calbayog diocese

Catbalogan lawyer asks CBCP to probe demolition of Pieta Park

SAMAR, Philippines – A lawyer writing on behalf of residents of Catbalogan City called on the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) to investigate what she said was the commercialization of church property and the destruction of the La Pieta statue in front of the St. Bartholomew church. Concerned citizen and lawyer Alma Uy, in a letter sent to the office of CBCP President Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David on Monday, April 7, relaye…

‘La Pieta’ will be replaced, says Calbayog diocese

TACLOBAN CITY, LEYTE, Philippines — The Diocese of Calbayog in Samar province is replacing the monument honoring the victims of the world’s deadliest peacetime maritime disaster which was recently destroyed while the park where it stood was cleared for the construction of a pizza chain outlet. In a three-page statement on Monday, Fr. Noel Labendia, […]...Keep on reading: ‘La Pieta’ will be replaced, says Calbayog diocese