CBCP urges Filipinos to stand up for truth amid distortion of history, 'pandemic of lies'

Churchgoers attend mass at Good Shepherd Cathedral in Novaliches, Quezon City on July 12, 2020.

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MANILA, Philippines — On the 36th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines urged Filipinos to discern what is true and good amid what it called a “pandemic of lies.” 

In a pastoral letter for the upcoming May polls, the country’s Catholic bishops also warned Filipinos against historical revisionism and distortion of truth.

“Dear Brothers and Sisters, let us stand up for truth. Remember: goodness without truth is pretense. Service without truth is manipulation. There can be no justice without truth. Even in charity, without truth, is only sentimentalism,” CBCP said in a letter released Friday.

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