CBCP president and Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas also encouraged youths to receive communion frequently during these days to “offer prayers for the culprits.”
“I request all our Catholic faithful to pray an extra rosary from May 31, Feast of the Visitation until August 15, Solemnity of the Assumption, and offer it for the conversion of the culprits in the pork barrel scam, for the courage of the witnesses and the healing of our country,” Villegas said on his Facebook page Saturday morning.
He also said the youth and children should receive Holy Communion frequently during these days of prayer.
They should likewise “offer prayers for the culprits, the witnesses and our government,” he added.
“Let us overcome evil by the power of good,” Villegas said.
A rosary, which recalls events in the lives of Jesus Christ and his mother Mary, involves meditating on five Mysteries. Praying the rosary usually includes sets of one Lord’s Prayer, 10 Hail Marys, and a Glory Be.
The multibillion-peso pork barrel scam involved channeling some lawmakers Priority Development Assistance Fund allocations to fake nongovernment organizations allegedly created by trader Janet Napoles. Lawmakers in the scam would reportedly get kickbacks.
So far, at least three senators face plunder charges for the scam – minority leader Juan Ponce Enrile, Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada, and Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. The three had denied involvement in the scam. — Joel Locsin /LBG, GMA News
