High trust rating inspires Church to ‘fulfill mission’ — CBCP official

MANILA — The Catholic Church is taking the Filipinos’ high trust like a booster shot to continue doing its mission to evangelize.Fr. Marvin Mejia, CBCP secretary general, said the Church being the most trusted institution as evident in the latest Philippine Trust Index should spur the Church to fulfill its pastoral duty. According to the 3rd Philippine Trust Index, the Church remains the most trusted among the six institutions surveyed with 75 percent of the general public. It’s consoling that the Catholic Church still has place in our nation. And our leaders, pastors, and lay leaders have done something good and these are being recognized,” Mejia said.But he said the survey result is not something to brag about because historically”Filipinos have high trust in the Church. Majority of us are Catholics. I think that is already expected,” Mejia said. The Church are doing things that are not for recognition and acceptance. We have a higher purpose, which is to serve God and His people,” he added.Based on the 3rd Philippine Trust Index, the Church remains the most trusted among the six institutions surveyed with 75 percent of the general public and 66 percent of the informed public saying they trust the former very much”.On the other hand, the poll results show that government has become the least trusted institution in the Philippines with 11 percent of the general public and 7 percent of the informed public.Meanwhile, the CBCP official also said the Church is always ready to collaborate with the government in serving for the common good. The Church has to fulfill its mission of proclaiming the Good News and also helping the government… That is a big challenge,” Mejia said. (CBCPNews)