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==Socsargen Catholic Church leaders call for speedy justice for slain Italian priest== | |||
*Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=380863 | |||
*October 21, 2011, 3:07 pm | |||
:by (PNA) | |||
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GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Oct. 21 (PNA) – The Diocese of Marbel has joined the growing voices calling for the speedy resolution of the murder of Italian missionary Fr. Fausto Tentorio, who was gunned down by an unidentified suspect in Arakan Valley town in North Cotabato last October 17. | |||
In a statement, Bishop Dinualdo Gutierrez expressed solidarity with the Catholic faithful, the laity, the indigenous peoples and communities as well as the Muslim communities whom Fr. Tentorio had served selflessly and generously. | |||
“His death has asked us to respond more to the needs of the poor. His death urges [us] to be on the side of the last, the least and the lost of our society,” Gutierrez said. | |||
The Diocese of Marbel, which covers the provinces of South Cotabato, Sarangani and this city or the Socsargen area, urged the Aquino administration to stand firm and bring into justice whoever the perpetrators are. | |||
Gutierrez said the Department of Justice must take the lead in conducting the investigation that will shed light in the killing and bring about justice to build trust confidence in the democratic institution that will serve the common good. | |||
The bishop noted that Fr. Tentorio was firm in denouncing “the presence of the gigantic mining company that destroys the land and the people.” | |||
Gutierrez said that the death of Tentorio would not deter them from their mission to protect the rights of the poor. | |||
“We grieve for the loss of this man. We are in pain for his death,” the bishop said. | |||
Fr. Tentorio, parish priest of Our Mother of Perpetual Help Parish in Arakan Valley, was the third Italian member of the Rome-based Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions murdered in Mindanao since 1985. | |||
Arakan Valley is under the Diocese of Kidapawan, a neighbor of the Diocese of Marbel. | |||
==Two cops, ex-barangay captain killed in separate incidents== | ==Two cops, ex-barangay captain killed in separate incidents== | ||
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Chief Supt. Gilbert Cruz, Laguna provincial police director, said the victim died on the spot due to stab wounds on his neck. | Chief Supt. Gilbert Cruz, Laguna provincial police director, said the victim died on the spot due to stab wounds on his neck. | ||
The suspect has remained at large at press time. | The suspect has remained at large at press time. | ||
==MGB shelves 51 mining applications in Region 12== | ==MGB shelves 51 mining applications in Region 12== | ||