Sotto calls for declaration of day for interfaith nationwide prayer 1 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Vanne Elaine TerrazolaSenate President Vicente Sotto III has filed a resolution, calling for the declaration of every first Thursday of February as the “Synchronized National Interfaith Prayers for Peace and Reconciliation.”Sotto, in Senate Resolution No. The interfaith nationwide prayer, initiated by the PasaLord Prayer Movement in 2017, seeks to unite Filipinos of various creeds and denomination to pray for peace in the Philippines. Sotto filed the resolution after the deadly bombing at the Jolo Cathedral in Sulu, which was followed by a grenade attack in a mosque in Zamboanga City. Various religious groups have likewise called on Filipinos to pray for peace and unity in the country.

Source: Manila Bulletin February 01, 2019 05:10 UTC