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DAVAO CITY – Samira Gutoc, a peace advocate, has urged the government to sustain the legacy of the late Davao Archbishop Emeritus Fernando Capalla on interfaith dialogues in Mindanao. Gutoc also asked the government to provide necessary support for the Bishops-Ulama Conference (BUC) co-convened...

DAVAO CITY – Presidential Assistant for Eastern Mindanao Leo Tereso Magno said the death of Archbishop Fernando Capalla is heartbreaking for the people of Davao whom he served as prelate for most of his life. Magno said he is one with the people of Davao in mourning the death of a selfless and...

DAVAO CITY – Former President Rodrigo R. Duterte mourned the death of former Davao Archbishop Fernando Capalla on January 6. Duterte said he lost a good friend and counselor in Capalla. FORMER President Rodrigo R. Duterte (left) visits the wake of Archdiocese of Davao Archbishop Emeritus Fernando...

DAVAO CITY – The Archdiocese of Davao announced that Archbishop Emeritus Fernando R. Capalla passed away before dawn on Saturday, January 5. He was 89. CAPALLA Capalla, a former president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines from 2003 to 2005, was one of the most influential...