Members of religious groups take part in a protest a few hours before the start of the hearing of oral arguments on the anti-terrorism law, outside a church in Manila, Philippines, in this 2021 file photo. Critics of the bill said it could be used to stifle political dissent and abuse human rights. Photo: CNS/Lisa Marie David, Reuters. Catholic nuns from a missionary order in the Philippines have denounced a criminal charge accusing them of financing terrorism and violating the country’s anti-terrorism law. Ucanews.com reported the nuns from the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines issued a statement August 18 to denounce the criminal charge filed by the Department of Justice. The nuns termed…
