The Catholic Church is an outspoken opponent of a deadly war on drugs in the Philippines. But in a...
The Catholic Church is an outspoken opponent of a deadly war on drugs in the Philippines. But in a face-off with President Duterte, the Church is losing ground, forcing its clergy to a crossroads.
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![Vast slums in Navotas, adjacent to the vast slums of Tondo, sit next to the vast slums of Malabon—and so it goes. The "War on Drugs" is a de facto war on the poor, the segment of Philippine society who had hoped that Duterte, the people's president, would have lifted them up. Now their slums have become killing fields. Image by James Whitlow Delano. Philippines, 2018.](/sites/default/files/08-15-18/reportage_filippine001-1.jpg "Vast slums in Navotas, adjacent to the vast slums of Tondo, sit next to the vast slums of Malabon—and so it goes. The "War on Drugs" is a de facto war on the poor, the segment of Philippine society who had hoped that Duterte, the people's president, would have lifted them up. Now their slums have become killing fields. Image by James Whitlow Delano. Philippines, 2018.")
