At Edsa Shrine, De Lima supporters appeal to Marcos as she nears 6th year in jail

ICYMI: Supporters of former Sen. Leila de Lima held a Mass at the Edsa Shrine as they renewed calls for the release of the opposition figure who, should her pending bail petition remain unresolved or be denied, would mark her sixth year in detention.

Fr. Benny Tuazon, parish priest of San Antonio de Padua Church in Manila, presided over the service, with the homily delivered by Fr. Robert Reyes who likened De Lima’s imprisonment to the struggles facing activist-priests like himself as they deal with Red-tagging by state forces.

“Will you, my fellow priests, be afraid? Will the spirit you receive when you were baptized until you become priests be crushed by them? Will you allow it to be taken away from us?” he added. The priest appealed to them to “be in love with humanity, and not [with] power and money.”De Lima’s brother, Vicente “Vicboy” de Lima, read out a letter she wrote for her supporters.

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