{"id":220444,"date":"2019-06-26T19:19:01","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T23:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=220444"},"modified":"2019-06-26T19:19:01","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T23:19:01","slug":"catholic-prelates-positive-of-good-ties-with-new-manila-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/06\/26\/catholic-prelates-positive-of-good-ties-with-new-manila-mayor\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic prelates positive of good ties with new Manila mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_220445\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-220445\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/64770920_2213547885381309_5254634165847982080_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-220445\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/64770920_2213547885381309_5254634165847982080_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/64770920_2213547885381309_5254634165847982080_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/64770920_2213547885381309_5254634165847982080_n-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-220445\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This, after officials of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) and other prelates, met with incoming Mayor Francisco &#8220;Isko&#8221; Moreno Domagoso in Intramuros, Manila on Tuesday morning. (File <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iskomorenodomagoso\/photos\/a.237414759661308\/2213547882047976\/?type=3&amp;theater\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iskomorenodomagoso\/\">Isko Moreno Domagoso\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Catholic priests are looking forward to having a good relationship with the new leadership of the city of Manila.<\/p>\n<p>This, after officials of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) and other prelates, met with incoming Mayor Francisco &#8220;Isko&#8221; Moreno Domagoso in Intramuros, Manila on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could see that he is enthusiastic to do his work and do it well and he is willing to dialogue,\u201d said Manila Auxillary Bishop Broderick Pabillo, chairman of the CBCP Episcopal Commission on the Laity, in an interview on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a good start and hopefully continues to be so,\u201d Pabillo said.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that the meeting was a simple one.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a simple courtesy call to me and some priests of Manila. I cannot say much because I had to leave early. I think the priests presented their particular concerns to him,\u201d Pabillo said.<\/p>\n<p>The Catholic prelate also expressed support for Moreno&#8217;s plan to keep the city green by preserving Manila Zoo and Arroceros Park.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, he said he is for greening Manila. Yes, he said he will keep Arroceros Park. It is a welcome view. We need more trees and plants to fight climate change,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the local chief executive said that he will not allow any construction on the park, the so-called last lung of the City.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, outgoing mayor Joseph Estrada planned to construct a gymnasium inside the park.<\/p>\n<p>The park measures some 2.2 hectares with over 3,000 trees and 8,000 ornamental plants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2014 Catholic priests are looking forward to having a good relationship with the new leadership of the city of Manila. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":220445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220444","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\/220444","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220444"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":220447,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220444\/revisions\/220447"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}