Manila, Philippines, Oct 30, 2025 / 13:35 pm

A wave of corruption scandals has rocked the Philippines and triggered the country’s largest Church-backed protests in more than a decade. Philippine bishops have urged Catholics and others to persistently demand accountability and transparency from government authorities for the misuse of public funds.

On Oct. 26, Bishop Raúl Bautista Dáel of Tandag said that corruption in the country is a “serious issue” while celebrating the Marian feast of the Schoenstatt community in Talisay City, Cebu, in the central Philippines.

The prelate said corruption is “a system and a culture” that people have endured for a long time. He warned that every Filipino had become a complicit partner to it, either by cooperation or by silence.

Corruption must be addr

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