Dagupan, Philippines, Sep 6, 2017 / 23:08 pm
Despite hostility, the Church must teach the truth of the Gospel with the courage of the martyrs, said the Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan in the Philippines.
In a Mass during the archdiocese's second-ever synod, Archbishop Socrates Villegas said the most important work of those assembled is to reach everyone with the Church's teachings.
"We must teach even if our voices get hoarse. We must teach even if they threaten us," the archbishop said Sept. 2, according to CBCP News.
"We must teach even if they kill us and if they kill us, our message will echo even more because the best way to teach is through martyrdom!"