The 66-year-old prelate served as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Manila for 15 years before Pope Francis appointed him vicar apostolic of Taytay.
We are no longer the future leaders. We are already the leaders of today and the champions of tomorrow and of the generations to come.
In solving the crisis that we are in, we have to treat the climate crisis as a crisis. Individual contributions matter, but what we need most is an abrupt systemic change to mitigate this crisis.
A global network of Indigenous Peoples rights advocates blamed the prevailing global economic and political system that aggravates the vulnerability of the Indigenous People to the impacts of the climate crisis.
In addressing the pandemic and ecological crises, what matters most is not just how we can act together as members of the Church following our own plan but collaborate with others as part of a single human family.
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