The country’s Catholic bishops will assess the conduct of this year’s national elections as they meet for their regular plenary assembly in Tagaytay from July 9 to 11.
“They will talk about and assess the 2022 elections,” said Msgr. Bernardo Pantin, secretary general of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, in a CBCP News report.
He said representatives from the Halalang Marangal Coalition and the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting will speak during the gathering.
Msgr. Pantin said the bishops will also talk “about their election experiences” to “know the sentiments of each other… and then looking forward, what they will do with the new administration.”
The 124th plenary assembly will mark the first face-to-face meeting of the Philippine Catholic Church leaders since the COVID-19 pandemic struck two years ago.
It will be presided by Bishop Pablo Virgilio David of Kalookan, who assumed as CBCP president in December 2021.
The CBCP is currently composed of 86 active bishops, 41 honorary members who are retired bishops, and two diocesan administrators.
