Protecting the Dignity and Rights of Indigenous Peoples

[chicogon]

PROTECTING THE DIGNITY AND RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

Vatican City, 21 September 2012 (VIS) - A national meeting of indigenous priests, religious and catechists of Colombia came to an end yesterday in Bogota, Colombia. During the event participants reflected on certain key themes affecting pastoral workers in indigenous communities. The meeting was organised by the Commission for Missionary Animation of the Colombian Episcopal Conference's Pastoral Centre for the Evangelisation of the Faith, and coincides with the centenary of St. Pius X's Encyclical "Lacrimabili statu".

For the occasion the Holy Father sent a message to Archbishop Ruben Salazar Gomez of Bogota, president of the Colombian Episcopal Conference, in which he notes that St. Pius X's Encyclical, "in continuity with Benedict XIV's Encyclical 'Inmensa pastorum', highlighted the need to work more diligently for the evangelisation of indigenous people, and for the constant promotion of their dignity and progress".

The Pope describes the current situation as "ripe so that - with right intention and configured to Jesus Christ Who is the Way, the Truth and the Life for all humankind - pastors and faithful may experience a growing desire to protect the dignity and rights of indigenous peoples, while these, in their turn, may feel a greater desire to do their duty in accordance with their ancestral traditions. I pray to the Almighty that, first and foremost, the sacredness of their life may be protected. They must not for any reason be coerced because God wishes no one's death and orders us to love one another as brothers. May their lands by duly protected. May no one for any reason manipulate indigenous peoples, and may they not be attracted by harmful ideologies".

[taga tigbao]

Dinhi murag kuwang ang Pilipinas. One of the most abused sectors of the society ning mga indigenous people. Daghan nang gipatay nga pari - foreign and local - in their efforts to protect the rights of indigenous people in the Philippines.

[taga tigbao]

Fr. Fausto Tentorio of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME), an Italian Catholic missionary living among the Manobo tribe was shot dead on October 17, 2011 inside the Mother of Perpetual Help parish in Arakan Valley, North Cotabato.

Sources:
http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/10/17/italian-priest-who-served-indigenous-peoples-of-mindanao-killed/
politika2013.wordpress.com

[taga tigbao]

Father Tullio Favali

Sources:
bantayog.org
http://www.news.va/en/news/asiaphilippines-13-priests-killed-in-mindanao-the

[hubag bohol]

List of Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines


Luzon

Agta Cayagan
Agta Casiguran
Aeta
Pakkak Gadang
Pugot, N. Apayao
Negritos
Apayao Isnag
Gaddang
Ibanag
Ilongot
Itneg (Tingian)
Malaweg
Paranan
Bontok
Ifugao
Igorot
Isneg
Itneg
Kalinga
Kankanay
Tinggian (= Itneg)
 

Visayas

Batak
Palawan
Tagbanwa
Taut’ batu
Ata du sud, A. du nord
Magahat Bukidnon
Alangan
Buhid
Hanunòòo
Tadyawan
Taubuid (= Batangan)
Iraya
Ratagnon, Loktanon
 

Mindanao

Mangwanga
Tasaday (Manobo Cotabato)
Mamanwa
Manobo Ata
Ata Manobo
Bagobo
Blaan
Blit (Manobo Cotabato group)
Bukidnon
Ilanon Manobo
Ilianen
Magindanao
Mandaya Cataelano
Mandaya Sangab
Manobo-Cotabato
Manobo
Mansaka
Subanon
Subanon, Tuboy Salog
Tagabawa
Tboli
Tigwa
Tiruray
Ubo Manobo
 

Source: cbcpworld.com

[bugsay]

..gamay nalang ni sila karon kay nanarbaho sa gawas ang uban...

[taga tigbao]

Masked men harassed Bukidnon indigenous people and youth activists (September 5, 2012)

http://diversityhuman.com/hollywood/index.php/2012/09/05/masked-men-harassed-bukidnon-indigenous-activists

[taga tigbao]

Gunmen kill tribal leader’s son

http://www.ucanews.com/2012/09/05/gunmen-kill-tribal-leaders-son/

[islander]

kun buot hunahunaon, kitang tanan kagikan baya ug mga indigenous tribes sa tanto-tanto.

[islander]

our beginnings are really no different from those tribes of savages in an unknown island somewhere in europe.  that island is now known as england.

[Lorenzo]

Fr. Fausto Tentorio of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME), an Italian Catholic missionary living among the Manobo tribe was shot dead on October 17, 2011 inside the Mother of Perpetual Help parish in Arakan Valley, North Cotabato.

Sources:
http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/10/17/italian-priest-who-served-indigenous-peoples-of-mindanao-killed/
politika2013.wordpress.com

May he be granted mercy and entrance into the Kingdom of the Most High. We offer our prayers for the many missionary priests , and holy people of God who go unto the nations to preach and spread the Gospel. For the salvation of souls, and for the salvation of their own soul.

Eternal Rest be granted unto the holy martyrs of God. Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, Mother of Hope , Mother of Mercy Eternal, usher our prayers to the Divine Throne of Jesus Christ, your Son and Our Lord and Savior.

Amen.