Catholic schools should become “laboratories of synodality” where young people are heard, trusted and given opportunities to lead, the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said August 10.
The two-year Basic Training for Catechists (BTC) in four languages—Bengali, Hindi, Santhali, and Nepali—concluded with phase II catechist training in Nepali.
Bishop Jose Colin Bagaforo said that full transparency of the Church’s expenditures can help dispel criticisms claiming it only exploits the poor and the needy for profit and selfish goals.
