“Let us think of our country before ourselves, let us think of others before ourselves, let us thing of the teachings of the Lord.”

Source: Church leaders hail Philippine peace deal http://www.archivioradiovaticana.va/storico/2017/04/07/church_leaders_hail_philippine_peace_deal/en-1304176 (2017)

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