THE Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) and President-elect Rodrigo Duterte may not be seeing eye-to-eye on the proposed reimposition of death penalty but the bishops expressed solidarity with Duterte’s tough stand against destructive mining.

Lipa Archbishop Ramon Arguelles has expressed confidence that the Duterte administration would heed the long standing-call by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) for the repeal of the existing law on mining, which the Church claimed promotes the plunder of the country’s natural resources for the benefit of investors and mining firms.