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Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas casts his vote at West Central Elementary School in Dagupan City on Monday, May 12, 2025. — Photo by Willie Lomibao
MANILA, Philippines — Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas cast his vote in Dagupan City, Pangasinan province on Monday, May 12, 2025.
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A former president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, Villegas earlier urged Catholics to reflect on the consequences of falsehood and lies, not only on individual wholeness but on national unity as well.
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“It is not the will of God for us to be divided. The devil wants us disunited and splintered. The mission of Satan is to crush unity and fracture our wholeness,” Villegas said in a pastoral letter in March. /das