{"id":200024,"date":"2019-01-30T03:18:23","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T08:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=200024"},"modified":"2019-01-30T03:18:23","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T08:18:23","slug":"faithful-urged-not-to-bring-backpacks-in-churches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/01\/30\/faithful-urged-not-to-bring-backpacks-in-churches\/","title":{"rendered":"Faithful urged not to bring backpacks in churches"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_189610\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189610\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/640px-Interior_of_Borongan_Cathedral_Eastern_Samar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-189610\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/640px-Interior_of_Borongan_Cathedral_Eastern_Samar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/640px-Interior_of_Borongan_Cathedral_Eastern_Samar.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/640px-Interior_of_Borongan_Cathedral_Eastern_Samar-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-189610\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In Circular No. 03-2019, Davao Archbishop Romulo Valles said they are imposing security measures during Masses due to the threat of violence prevailing in the region. (<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=73228645\">File Photo By Joelaldor\/Wikimedia <\/a>commons<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=73228645\">, CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; The Archdiocese of Davao on Wednesday asked churchgoers to refrain from bringing backpacks and boxes inside churches and chapels.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes in the wake of the twin explosions that hit the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral in Jolo, Sulu, killing 22 people and injuring 100 others over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>In Circular No. 03-2019, Davao Archbishop Romulo Valles said they are imposing security measures during Masses due to the threat of violence prevailing in the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to the current peace and order situation vis-a-vis threat of violence, please be informed that starting today, for all churchgoers, it is not allowed to bring with you bags, backpacks, knapsacks, boxes, cartons, and the like into the church,\u201d Valles said in an order addressed to all parish priests and members of the laity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly small purses and the like are allowed,\u201d the president of the Catholic Bishops\u2019 Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) added.<\/p>\n<p>Valles explained that such measures was adopted upon the advice of security officials, adding that the directive will be in effect until further notice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(This is) because of the current threat of violence upon the advice of the government\u2019s security and PNP personnel,\u201d he said.<em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; The Archdiocese of Davao on Wednesday asked churchgoers to refrain from bringing backpacks and boxes inside churches and chapels. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":189610,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200024","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\/200024","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=200024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}