13/10/2025
๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ก๐ข. 25-14: ๐ช๐๐๐ฅ ๐ช๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ก๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ก ๐ข๐๐ง๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ
The Catholic Bishopsโ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has issued a circular encouraging the faithful ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐๐ฒ every ๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ throughout the months of ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ก๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ and to display white ribbons in homes, churches, and public places.
This initiative is a collective act of faith and prayer for good governance in the Philippines and for the nation to be spared from further calamities. The wearing of white serves as a symbol of hope and purity, reflecting the peopleโs trust in Godโs guidance and providence.
๐๐๐น๐น ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ฃ:
๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ก๐ผ. 25-14
October 11, 2025
Dear brothers in the CBCP,
For the past few days now we have been experiencing terrible calamities: typhoons, volcanic eruptions, fires, and earthquakesโone after another! Let us beg the Lord's mercy on our people.
Let us reiterate our invitation for our people to turn again to God with humble and contrite hearts. Let us reiterate our recently released National Call to Prayer and Public Repentance, asking our people to observe it every Sunday-and, where possible, every day-until the Solemnity of Christ the King, with the tolling of bells.
Let it be our collective Miserere, our plea for mercy and renewal as a nation.
"๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐บ๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ฑ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ; ๐ธ๐ข๐ด๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ. ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต, ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ." (๐๐ด๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ 51:9, 12)
Following the beautiful suggestion of Bishop Jimmy Afable, we encourage our faithful:
- to wear white clothes every Sunday of October and November,
- and to display white ribbons in homes, churches, and public places - as a sign of our desire for transparency, accountability, and good governance, and as a humble prayer that our nation may be washed clean and renewed in God's mercy, and spared of further calamities.
Let our white garments be a symbol of the purity we seek for our land and our hearts. May this season of prayer and repentance lead us to hope, healing, and the restoration of our common life in truth and justice.
Let us beg the Lord to renew our nation, and make us instruments of justice and peace.
(Sgd.) +๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐
Bishop of Kalookan
President, CBCP
