Bishop David at Vatican summit: Local migration ‘a big challenge’ to parishes

MANILA, Philippines – Local migration from countrysides to city centers has posed a “big challenge” to traditional parishes in the Philippines, a Filipino bishop said at a historic Vatican summit to chart the future of the Catholic Church.

Kalookan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), explained the issue of local migration in a press conference on Saturday, October 5, during the Synod on Synodality at the Vatican.