On the 39th anniversary of the EDSA revolution, Catholic Bishop Broderick Pabillo urges the country’s opposition groups to unite and shelve differences for the common good.
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00:00On the 39th anniversary of the EDSA revolution, Catholic Bishop Brodrick Pabilio urges the
00:07country's opposition groups to unite and shelve differences for the common good.
00:11The politically outspoken cleric calls on the splintered opposition to take inspiration
00:16from the 1986 revolt that toppled dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos.
00:20Our fight is to be united.
00:23We cannot get 100% that people will agree with us, but we can move together.
00:30We don't have money, because we don't have power, we don't have strength, and if we don't
00:38unite, what fight will we have?
00:41Pabilio was born in Negros and educated in Rome.
00:44He is well-known for his biblical scholarship and political activism.
00:47His words come as opposition groups remain divided on whom to castigate.
00:52Whether it's Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Vice President Sara Duterte, or both, Fr.
00:56Jerome Ceciliano, Rector of the EDSA Shrine, echoes Pabilio and talks about the role of
01:01the Catholic Church in political life.
01:04Sometimes, the Church would not like to speak because there are critics among us who believe
01:12that the Church should not speak.
01:15What is the Church fighting for?
01:18The Church is fighting for the rights of the people.