Papal Nuncio to brief Pope on widows, orphans of drug war victims

PAPAL Nuncio to the Philippines Archbishop Charles Brown said he will brief Pope Francis on the plight of the widows and orphans of drug war victims.

"I would be seeing Pope Francis in October and, I promise you, I will tell him about this experience in person,” Brown was quoted as saying by CBCP News, official news agency of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), during his visit to the St. Arnold Janssen Kalinga Center in Manila.

"I assure you that Pope Francis is close to you," he said.

The papal envoy said he was “deeply moved” hearing the stories of those left behind by those killed in the war on drugs.

“I am deeply sorry for everything that you have to go through,” Brown said.

The Center was established in 2015 by the Society of Divine Word (SVD) congregation to provide services for the homeless.

In 2016, SVD launched the “Paghilom” program to provide food, psycho-spiritual intervention, legal assistance, educational assistance and livelihood assistance to those who lost loved ones due to killings under the government’s bloody war on drugs.

Brown said the Pope welcomes such an initiative.

“He wants us to take care of the marginalized and the people who are in the periphery, people who are poor and overlooked,” he said

"All of us are gifted, so all of us must give, especially to the poor," he added. (HDT / SunStar Philippines)

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