Pablo Virgilio David

Cardinal Pablo Virgilio Siongco David (2 March 1959–) is a Filipino prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as the bishop of the Diocese of Kalookan and as the president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines. Pope Francis named him as a Cardinal and will be elevated to the College of Cardinals on December 8, 2024.

Quotes

• As a bishop, I will not stop in making moves to reach the consciences of people, despite my own shortcomings as a person and as a bishop, despite our shortcomings too as an institution.
  • ‘Killing of conscience’ worse than killing of addicts – Bishop David (20 September 2017)

• They say you should be happy the government is controlling criminality and getting rid of drug addicts. That shocks me because we are supposed to be a predominantly Catholic country. So when I deal with this kind of mentality, which is so contrary to the values of being a Christian, I say we are also to blame for not having communicated Christian values, the Christian faith very well.
• It is different when you meet the families of victims up close, when you see the faces, when you get to know the names. On television, they are just statistics. Numbers don't move people. It is faces and real identities that move us.
  • Pope backs Filipino bishop fighting deadly ‘drug war' (30 May 2019)