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Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle delivers his homily during a Mass to launch the \u201cSanlakbay\u201d program at the St. John the Baptist Church in San Juan City, March 17, 2017.\u00a0CBCPNews<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]\n

MANILA\u2014 A Church-based drug rehabilitation program got a pat on the back from no other than Pope Francis.<\/h6>\n
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila said the pope wants parish-based drug rehabilitation centers to continue in the Philippines.<\/h6>\n
Recalling his recent meeting with the pontiff at the Vatican, the cardinal said he shared with Francis his archdiocese\u2019s Sanlakbay program for drug surrenders and recovering addicts.<\/h6>\n
\u201cAnd when he heard about it, with eyes twinkled, he said, \u2018that\u2019s the way to go,\u201d Cardinal Tagle said in his homily during Mass to mark the program\u2019s first anniversary at the San Sebastian Church on Oct. 21.<\/h6>\n
Amid the government\u2019s violent crackdown on illegal drugs, the initiative has been providing counseling, spiritual and values formation and even livelihood opportunities for former drug addicts.<\/h6>\n
It is also a faith-based approach geared towards the healing and restoration of drug dependents. Earlier, on January 8, Tagle partnered with an international drug rehabilitation farm to boost the archdiocese\u2019s program.<\/h6>\n
The program, which also includes arts and sports activities, is present in various Manila parishes to reach out to more people.<\/h6>\n
The same program has also been ongoing in other dioceses across the country in coordination with local government units, the police and other concerned government agencies.<\/h6>\n
At the Galilee Home in Do\u00f1a Remedios Trinidad town in Bulacan province, the Diocese of Malolos has been running a center to rehabilitate former drug users since 1990.<\/h6>\n
\u201cHe said, this is the path to take. Continue that,\u201d the cardinal added, quoting the Pope.<\/h6>\n
At least 132 former drug dependents from at least 12 parishes in the Archdiocese of Manila had so far completed the six-month program.<\/h6>\n
More than 12,000 suspected drug pushers and users have reportedly been killed as a result of the government\u2019s bloody on war drugs.<\/h6>\n
Authorities, however, claimed that around 3,800 of those who died were killed in \u201clegitimate police operations\u201d. The number triples if those drug-related killings by vigilantes are counted.<\/h6>\n
Cardinal Tagle earlier appealed for an end to drug-related violence, emphasizing that the country \u201ccannot be governed by killing\u201d.<\/h6>\n
His recent appeal is for the government to never lose hope on drug addicts, adding that there is no such thing as a hopeless case.<\/h6>\n
\u201cWe try to give life to the dead. I hope that the living will not be killed off,\u201d Tagle said.\u00a0CBCPNews<\/strong><\/h6>\n
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