{"id":187184,"date":"2018-10-27T05:56:31","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T09:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=187184"},"modified":"2018-10-27T05:56:31","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T09:56:31","slug":"cbcp-asks-public-hold-parade-saints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/10\/27\/cbcp-asks-public-hold-parade-saints\/","title":{"rendered":"CBCP asks public to hold \u2018Parade of Saints\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_169191\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-169191\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Manila-Auxiliary-Bishop-Broderick-Pabillo-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-169191\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Manila-Auxiliary-Bishop-Broderick-Pabillo-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Manila-Auxiliary-Bishop-Broderick-Pabillo-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Manila-Auxiliary-Bishop-Broderick-Pabillo-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Manila-Auxiliary-Bishop-Broderick-Pabillo-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-169191\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bishop Broderick Pabillo, chairman of CBCP-ECL, said such event is not a Christian celebration as Halloween is a \u201ccelebration of death\u201d while All Soul\u2019s Day and All Saints\u2019 Day are \u201ccelebration of life\u201d. (<a href=\"http:\/\/cbcpnews.net\/cbcpnews\/bishop-dares-malacanang-name-destabilizers-from-church\/\">File Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/cbcpnews.net\/\">Roy Lagarde\/CBCP News<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; The Catholic Bishops\u2019 Conference of the Philippines-Episcopal Commission on Laity (CBCP-ECL) on Saturday called on the faithful to refrain from participating in \u201csecular\u201d activities,\u00a0 including the celebration of Halloween and wearing of scary costumes.<\/p>\n<p>Bishop Broderick Pabillo, chairman of CBCP-ECL, said such event is not a Christian celebration as Halloween is a \u201ccelebration of death\u201d while All Soul\u2019s Day and All Saints\u2019 Day are \u201ccelebration of life\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview over Church-run Radio Veritas, the bishop explained why the two-day observance is more about life than death.<\/p>\n<p>He said that when people go visit the dearly departed during these days, they say prayers, offer flowers, light candles and bring food, which are all signs of life. \u201cIt is really a celebration of life,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSana po ay pumunta tayo sa sementeryo para alalahanin at ipagdasal ang mga yumao, (Let us go to the cemeteries to remember and pray for our departed),\u201d Bishop Pabillo said.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of wearing terrifying and bloody costumes and masks, he encouraged the faithful to hold \u201cParade of Saints\u201d or let the children wear costumes of Saints.<\/p>\n<p>The following parishes are holding the annual \u201cParade of Saints\u201d for the celebration of All Saint\u2019s Day: St. Peter and Paul Parish Makati; Ascencion of Our Lord sa Paranaque; San Antonio De Padua, Marikina; Sta. Cruz Parish in Caloocan; Nuestra Se\u00f1ora Dela Paz Y Buenviaje, Bacoor, Cavite; Sta. Cecilia in Maly, Pangasinan San Roque Catholic School, Mother of Mercy Loma De Gato and St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Marilao, Bulacan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; The Catholic Bishops\u2019 Conference of the Philippines-Episcopal Commission on Laity (CBCP-ECL) on Saturday called on the faithful to refrain &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":169191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-187184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-ferdinand-patinio","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}