Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle urged Filipinos to change their lifestyles, including the way they use water, and address “the human roots of the ecological disaster.” He also slammed what Pope Francis calls a “throwaway culture” that victimizes the poor. “Why do others have no water to drink, but the golf courses abound in water!” he asked on September 1, the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. On the same day, incidentally, the National Water Resources Board announced that Metro Manila faces a water crisis, with around 355,500 households in the region to experience water interruptions.
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