“Hindi lang dapat mag rely ito sa religious sector. Kailangan din dito ng epektibo na intervention na gagawin ng pamahalaan,” CBCP's Public Affairs Committee Executive Secretary Fr. Jerome Secillano says.
The national government is asking help from religious leaders to provide counsel and guidance to their members, citing a reportedly alarming increase in the number of suicides during the raging pandemic.
“He is seeking the help of our churches and spiritual leaders in providing counsel and guidance to their members and followers who are undergoing depression,” Guevarra said in a text message to religious institutions. “ respectfully request our spiritual leaders to bring this much needed message of hope to our suffering countrymen in order to stave off more incidents of self-destruction,” Guevarra said.
Secillano added in his CNN Philippines interview on Saturday that they continually conduct masses and try to uplift people through messages of hope in the homilies.
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