Now more than ever, we need mandatory supply chain due diligence to stop corporate abuse and guarantee global solidarity.
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28 September 2020
Now more than ever,
we need mandatory supply chain due diligence
to stop corporate abuse and guarantee global solidarity.
Through their operations, irresponsible companies are complicit in acts of violence and suffering.
We, Catholic leaders throughout the world, call on states to put an end to this.
With the outbreak of Covid-19, humanity faces an unprecedented global crisis. In addition to the threat to public
health, the economic and social disruption threatens the long-term livelihoods and wellbeing of millions. Particularly
vulnerable to the worst impacts of the crisis are the millions of workers lower down the supply chain – many of
whom are women. For instance, some big fashion brands and retailers have cancelled orders and refused to pay for
textiles already produced, resulting in millions of workers being sent home without pay, social security or
compensation. This pandemic has sown chaos in the global supply chains that link factories across borders, exposing
our dependence on vulnerable labourers doing essential work across the globe.
To face this crisis, solidarity among the members of our human family will “Economy, as the very word indicates,
be crucial. Our strong interconnectedness requires all of us to show should be the art of achieving a fitting
responsibility to one another, but too often, private interest of multinational management of our common home,
companies prevails as they fail to step up in solidarity. Irresponsible
which is the world as a whole. Each
companies have long been involved in various abuses, by evading taxes that
meaningful economic decision made in
could serve to build and maintain public services such as hospitals or
schools, by polluting our soils, water and air, or by being complicit in gross
one part of the world has repercussions
human rights violations around the world, like forced and child labour. In everywhere else; consequently, no
addition a, when environmental or social laws are jeopardising profits, there government can act without regard for
is clear evidence that transnational companies sometimes threaten to sue shared responsibility”.
states, using the Investor-State Dispute Settlement Mechanism[i]. This Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium - 206
profit-driven system and the throwaway culture it brings needs to be
challenged, now more than ever.
The violations of workers’ rights and the damaging consequences on the environment of unprecedented levels of
consumption and production are currently under the spotlight, and governments are trying to counter-act these
systematic violations. At the same time, public awareness on the vulnerability of global supply chains is growing and
opens the doors for stricter regulation and more resilient supply chains. As Bishops, we feel we have a moral and
spiritual obligation to speak about the urgency of reordering the priorities during and in the aftermath of this crisis.
“The overriding consideration, never to be forgotten, is that we are all members To counter this worrying situation, the
of the one human family. The moral obligation to care for one another flows United Nations, the European Union
from this fact, as does the correlative principle of placing the human person, and states have a unique opportunity to
rather than the mere pursuit of power or profit, at the very centre of public policy. step up, by introducing effective and
This duty, moreover, is incumbent upon business sectors and governments alike, robust legislation that would establish
mandatory human rights and
and is indispensable in the search for equitable solutions to the challenges we
environmental due diligence obligations
face. As a result, it is necessary to move beyond short-term technological or
for all companies. Such legislation should
economic approaches and to give full consideration to the ethical dimension in improve access to courts for people
seeking resolutions to present problems or proposing initiatives for the future”. affected by human rights violations,
Pope Francis, Message to the Executive Chairman of the “World Economic
holding companies accountable for
Forum” [Davos, Switzerland, 21-24 January 2020]
damages they have caused.
A recent study[ii] published in February 2020 by the European Commission unequivocally affirms that voluntary
measures are failing and that there is urgent need for regulatory action at EU level. A monitoring study [iii]
commissioned by the German government concludes that less than 20 percent of German companies conduct
human rights due diligence, despite being a requirement in international frameworks for almost a decade.
Indeed, guidelines and voluntary approaches are failing to prevent, and protect, people and the planet from
environmental destruction and human rights abuses. In 2011, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)
unanimously endorsed the UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), but for affected
1communities, very little has changed. States have implemented the UNGPs with approaches based on the goodwill
of companies which are not backed by sanctions of any kind.
In 2014, the UNHRC adopted a resolution establishing an open-ended intergovernmental working group with the
mandate to elaborate an international legally binding instrument on transnational corporations and other business
enterprises, with respect to human rights. But to the date we have not seen substantive, constructive engagement
by the EU, Canada, the United States and other powerful states in the UN binding treaty process.
At national level, a milestone was reached in 2017 when France paved the way with a groundbreaking law that
requires that French major transnational companies publish a vigilance plan in order to identify and prevent negative
impacts caused by their activities throughout their value chain. This new law set a minimum standard throughout
the world, showing that it is indeed possible to hold transnational corporations accountable for their actions,
including beyond their national territory, without harming the economy. In Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands,
Finland and Norway, similar national legislation is being considered.
We call on all governments to uphold their obligations under international law to protect human rights
and prevent corporate abuses. In that sense we welcome the results of the above-mentioned European
Commission’s study and the announcement by the EU Commissioner for Justice of mandatory and robust
legislation. The legislation should introduce mandatory environmental and human rights due diligence,
that is, to identify, assess, stop, prevent and mitigate the risks and violations to the environment and all
human rights throughout the supply chains of businesses and to substantially improve the possibilities of
affected people to claim for compensation in national civil courts.
We believe the laws can succeed in bringing tangible change to communities if they also include enhanced
access to judicial remedy for victims, in order to comply with states’ duty to protect against corporate
human rights abuses such as land grabbing, the killing of human rights defenders, forced and child labour,
gender-based violence, and environmental degradation and deforestation.
Accordingly, all states should also ensure their constructive and active participation in the UN
negotiations for a legally binding instrument to regulate, in international human rights law, the activities
of transnational corporations and other business enterprises. Such Treaty would prevent any country or
company to make use of exploitative models of production and accept the destruction of the creation in order to
improve their competitive position in the world market.
The existing system hurts people and the planet and we are called to do better. We trust our potential to collectively
learn from past experiences and the current crisis, and propose a way forward which values justice and human rights,
and puts life above profits. The coronavirus crisis should be taken as an opportunity to start a just transition
and to put in place a new economic system that serves people and the planet first.
“In these weeks, the lives of millions of people have suddenly changed. For many, remaining at home has been an opportunity
to reflect, to withdraw from the frenetic pace of life, stay with loved ones and enjoy their company. For many, though, this is also
a time of worry about an uncertain future, about jobs that are at risk and about other consequences of the current crisis. I
encourage political leaders to work actively for the common good, to provide the means and resources needed to enable everyone to
lead a dignified life”. Pope Francis’ Urbi et Orbi message, Easter 2020
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[i] https://stopisds.org/
[ii] https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/8ba0a8fd-4c83-11ea-b8b7-01aa75ed71a1/language-en
[iii] https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/blob/2333700/d15fc19d05e831966bccb305ad7622ca/nap-monitoring--summary-of-
the-interim-report-2019-final-data.pdf
This call is supported by CIDSE, the international family of Catholic social justice organisations.
Contact: Valentina Pavarotti – pavarotti (at) cidse.org
It was produced with the financial support of the European Union. Its contents are the sole
responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union.
2Signatories:
✞ Juan Carlos ARES, Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
✞ José María BALIÑA, Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
✞ Juan Habib CHAMIEH, Bishop of San Charbel en Buenos Aires, Argentina
✞ Fernando Martín CROXATTO, Bishop of Neuquén, Argentina
✞ Pedro María LAXAGUE, Bishop of Zàrate-Campana, Argentina
✞ Marcelo ANGIOLO MELANI, Bishop Emeritus of Neuquén, Argentina
✞ Carlos José TISSERA, Bishop of Quilmes, Argentina
✞ Werner FREISTETTER, Military Bishop, Austria
✞ Hermann GLETTLER, Bishop of Innsbruck, Austria
✞ Wilhelm KRAUTWASCHL, Bishop of Graz-Seckau, Austria
✞ Josef MARKETZ, Bishop of Gurk, Austria
✞ Christoph Cardinal SCHÖNBORN, Archbishop of Vienna, Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divin Lavoratore, Austria
✞ Stephan TURNOVSZKY, Auxiliary Bishop of Vienna, Austria
✞ Ägidius ZSIFKOVICS, Bishop of Eisenstadt, Austria
✞ Jean-Pierre DELVILLE, Bishop of Liège, Belgium
✞ Juan VARGAS ARUQUIPA, Bishop of Coroico, Bolivia
✞ Krzysztof BIAŁASIK, Bishop of Oruro, Bolivia
✞ Jorge Ángel SALDÍAS PEDRAZA, Bishop of Tarija, Bolivia
✞ José ALBUQUERQUE DE ARAÚJO, Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Titular Bishop of Altava, Brazil
✞ José ALTEVIR DA SILVA, Bishop of Cametá, Brazil
✞ José Reginaldo ANDRIETTA, Bishop of Jales, Brazil
✞ Mauro APARECIDO DOS SANTOS, Archbishop of Cascavel, Brazil
✞ Benedito ARAUJO, Bishop of Guajará-Mirim, Brazil
✞ Bernardo Johannes BAHLMANN, Bishop of Obidos, Brazil
✞ Fernando BARBOSA DOS SANTOS, Prelate of Tefé, Brazil
✞ Vilson BASSO, Bishop of Imperatriz, Brazil
✞ José BELISÁRIO DA SILVA, Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
✞ Francesco BIASIN, Bishop Emeritus of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Brazil
✞ Egidio BISOL, Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira, Brazil
✞ Pedro BRITO GUMARÃES, Archbishop of Palmas, Brazil
✞ Armando BUCCIOL, Bishop of Livramento de Nossa Senhora, Brazil
✞ Derek John Christopher BYRNE, Bishop of Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga, Brazil
✞ Edmilson Tadeu CANAVARROS DOS SANTOS, Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Bishop of Feradi Minus, Brazil
✞ Luís Flávio CAPPIO, Bishop of Barra do Rio Grande, Brazil
✞ Evaldo CARVALHO DOS SANTOS, C.M, Bishop of Viana, Brazil
✞ Sérgio Eduardo CASTRIANI, Archbishop Emeritus of Manaus, Brazil
✞ Antônio Roberto CAVUTO, Bishop of Itapipoca, Brazil
✞ Adriano CIOCCA VASINO, Prelate of São Félix, Brazil
✞ Jesús María CIZAURRE BERDONCES, Bishop of Bragança do Pará, Brazil
✞ Severino CLASEN, Bishop of Caçador-Santa Catarina, Brazil
✞ Pedro José CONTIN, Bishop of Macapá, Brazil
✞ Vital CORBELLINI, Bishop of Marabá, Brazil
✞ Antônio Carlos CRUZ SANTOS, Bishop of Caicó, Brazil
✞ Mário Antônio DA SILVA, Bishop of Roraima, Brazil
3✞ Antônio DE ASSIS RIBEIRO, Auxiliary Bishop of Belém do Pará, titular bishop of Babra, Brazil
✞ Vicente DE PAULA FERREIRA, Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Bishop of Castra Nova, Brazil
✞ Wellington DE QUEIROZ VIEIRA, Bishop of Cristalândia, Brazil
✞ José Carlos DE SOUZA CAMPOS, Bishop of Divinópolis, Brazil
✞ Zanoni DEMETTINO CASTRO, Archbishop of Feira de Santana, Brazil
✞ Antônio Carlos FÉLIX, Bishop of Governor Valadares, Brazil
✞ José Luiz FERREIRA SALLES, Bishop of Pesqueira, Brazil
✞ Flávio GIOVENALE, Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul, Brazil
✞ Benedito GONÇALVES DOS SANTOS, Bishop of Presidente Prudente, Brazil
✞ Silvio GUTERRES DUTRA, Bishop of Vacaria, Brazil
✞ Canísio KLAUS, Bishop of Sinop, Brazil
✞ João KOT, Bishop of Zé-Doca, Brazil
✞ Erwin KRÄUTLER, Bishop of Xingu, Brazil
✞ Romualdo Matias KUJAWSKI, Bishop of Porto Nacional, Brazil
✞ José Ionilton LISBOA DE OLIVEIRA, SDV, Prelate of Itacoatiara, Brazil
✞ Jesús María LÓPEZ MAULÉON, Prelate of Alto Xingu-Tucumã, Brazil
✞ Protógenes José LUFT, Bishop of Barra do Garças, Brazil
✞ Franz Josef MEINRAD MERKEL, Bishop Emeritus of Humaitá, Brazil
✞ Teodoro MENDES TAVARES, Bishop of Ponta de Pedras, Brazil
✞ Liro Vendelino MEURER, Bishop of Santo Ângelo, Brazil
✞ José Alberto MOURA, Archbishop Emeritus of Monte Clears, Brazil
✞ João MUNIZ ALVES, Bishop of Xingu-Altamira, Brazil
✞ Paulo Jackson NÓBREGA DE SOUSA, Bishop of Garanhuns, Brazil
✞ Roque PALOSCHI, Archbishop of Porto Velho – Rondonia, Brazil
✞ Zenildo Luiz PEREIRA DA SILVA, Prelate of Borba, Brazil
✞ Giovane PEREIRA DE MELO, Bishop of Tocantinopolis, Brazil
✞ Joaquín PERTÍNEZ FERNÁNDEZ, Bishop of Rio Branco, Brazil
✞ Marek Marian PIATEK, Bishop of Coari, Brazil
✞ Diamantino PRATA DE CARVALHO, Bishop Emeritus of Campanha, Brazil
✞ Eugène RIXEN, Bishop Emeritus of Goiás, Brazil
✞ Jacy Diniz ROCHA, Bishop of São Luíz de Cáceres, Brazil
✞ José Francisco RODRIGUES DO RÊGO, Bishop of Ipameri, Brazil
✞ Irineu ROMAN, Archbishop of Santarém, Brazil
✞ Jesús Moraza RUIZ DE AZÚA, Prelate Emeritus of Lábrea, Brazil
✞ Wilmar SANTIN, Prelate of Itaituba, Brazil
✞ José Valdeci SANTOS MENDES, Bishop of Brejo, Brazil
✞ José Mario SCALON ANGONESE, Bishop of Urguiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
✞ Tarcísio SCARAMUSSA, Bishop of Santos, Brazil
✞ Moacir SILVA, Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
✞ Evaristo Pascoal SPENGLER, Prelate of Marajó, Brazil
✞ Leonardo Ulrich STEINER, Archbishop of Manaus, Brazil
✞ Edson TASCHETTO, Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoiera, Brazil
✞ Alberto TAVEIRA CARRÊA, Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil
✞ Neri José TONDELLO, Bishop of Juína, Brazil
✞ Carlos VERZELETTI, Bishop of Castanhal, Brazil
4✞ Dominique Marie Jean Denis YOU, Bishop of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil
✞ Adolfo ZON PEREIRA, Bishop of Alto Solimões, Brazil
✞ Richard GAGNON, Archbishop of Winnipeg, President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
(CCCB) – on behalf of Canadian Bishops, Canada
✞ Ruiz MOLINA JESÚS, Bishop of Bangassou, Central African Republic
✞ Nestor-Désiré NONGO-AZIAGBIA, Bishop of Bossangoa, Central African Republic
✞ Guerrino PERRIN, Bishop of Mbaïki, Central African Republic
✞ Miguel Ángel SEBASTIÁN MARTÍNEZ, Bishop of Sarh, Chad
✞ Martin WAÏNGUE BANI, Bishop of Doba, Chad
✞ Juan Carlos BARRETO BARRETO, Bishop of Quibdò, Colombia
✞ Carlos Alberto CORREA MARTÍNEZ, Bishop of Severiana, Colombia
✞ Omar DE JESÚS MEJÍA GIRALDO, Archbishop of Florencia, Caquetá, Colombia
✞ José FIGUEROA GÓMEZ, Bishop of Granada, Colombia
✞ José Saúl GRISALES GRISALES, Bishop of Ipiales, Colombia
✞ Fabio DUQUE JARAMILLO, Bishop of Garzón, Colombia
✞ Francisco Javier MÚNERA CORREA, Bishop of San Vicente Del Caguán, Colombia
✞ Marcel BASANGUKA, Archbishop of Kananga, Democratic Republic of Congo
✞ Sosthène AYIKULI UDJUWA, Bishop of Mahagi-Nioka, Democratic Republic of Congo
✞ Rafael COB GARCIA, Bishop of Cerbali, Ecuador
✞ Ibrahim ISSAK SIDRAK, Bishop of Alexandria, Patriarch, Egypt
✞ Abune Tesfasellassie MEDHIN, Bishop of Adigrat, Ethiopia
✞ Eric AUMONIER, Bishop of Versailles, France
✞ Jean-Louis BALSA, Bishop of Viviers, France
✞ Yves BOIVINEAU, Bishop of Annecy, France
✞ Jean-Luc BOUILLERET, Archbishop of Besançon, France
✞ Pascal Michel Ghislain DELANNOY, Bishop of Saint-Denis, France
✞ Michel DUBOST, Bishop Emeritus of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France
✞ François FONLUPT, Bishop of Rodez, France
✞ Hubert HERBRETEAU, Bishop of Agen, France
✞ Jean-Christophe LAGLEIZE, Bishop of Metz, France
✞ Stanislas LALANNE, Bishop of Pontoise, France
✞ Robert LE GALL, Archbishop of Toulouse, Fran
✞ Philippe MOUSSET, Bishop of Périgueux-Sarlat, France ce
✞ Denis MOUTEL, Bishop of Saint-Brieuc, France
✞ Laurent PERCEROU, Bishop of Nantes, France
✞ Alain PLANET, Bishop of Carcassonne and Narbonne, France
✞ Michel SANTIER, Bishop of Créteil, France
✞ Thierry SCHERRER, Bishop of Laval, France
✞ Marc STENGER, Bishop of Troyes, France
✞ Jean-Pierre VUILLEMIN, Auxiliary Bishop of Metz, France
✞ Robert WATTEBLED, Bishop of Nîmes, France
✞ Stephan ACKERMANN, Bishop of Trier, Germany
✞ Georg BÄTZING, Bishop of Limburg, Germany
✞ Franz Josef BODE, Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
✞ Stephan BURGER, Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
5✞ Helmut Karl DIESER, Bishop of Aachen, Germany
✞ Michael GERBER, Bishop of Fulda, Germany
✞ Gregor Maria Franz HANKE, Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
✞ Franz JUNG, Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
✞ Reinhard Cardinal MARX, Archbishop of Munich and Freising, Cardinal-Priest of San Corbiniano, Germany
✞ Bertram Johannes MEIER, Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
✞ Stefan OSTER, Bishop of Passau, Germany
✞ Ludger SCHEPERS, Auxiliary Bishop of Essen, Germany
✞ Ludwig SCHICK, Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany
✞ Heiner WILMER, Bishop of Hidelsheim, Germany
✞ Rosolino BIANCHETTI BOFFELLI, Bishop of Quiché, Guatemala
✞ Antonio CALDERÓN CRUZ, Bishop of San Francisco de Asís de Jutiapa, Guatemala
✞ Bernabé DE JESÚS SAGASTUME LEMUS, Bishop of Santa Rosa de Lima,Guatemala
✞ Rodolfo VALENZUELA NÚÑEZ, Bishop of Verapaz, Cobán, Guatemala
✞ Alvaro Leonel Cardinal RAMAZZINI IMERI, Bishop of Huehuetenango, Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni
Evangelista a Spinaceto, Guatemala
✞ Darwin Rudy ANDINO RAMÍREZ, Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras
✞ Guy CHARBONNEAU, Bishop of Choluteca, Honduras
✞ James ATHIKALAM, Bishop of Sagar (Syro-Malabar), India
✞ Shaymal BOSE, Bishop of Baruipur, India
✞ Allwyn D’SILVA, Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay, India
✞ William D’SOUZA, Bishop of Putna, India
✞ Thomas Aquinas LEPHONSE, Bishop of Coimbatore, India
✞ Felix Anthony MACHADO, Bishop of Vasai, India
✞ Raphy MANJALY, Bishop of Allahabad, India
✞ Gratian MUNDADAN, Bishop Emeritus of Bijnor, India
✞ Jude Gerald PAULRAJ, Bishop Emeritus of Palayamkottai, India
✞ Udumala BALA SHOWREDDY, Bishop of Warangal, India
✞ Nazarene SOOSAI, Bishop of Kottar, India
✞ William CREAN, Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland
✞ Noël TREANOR, Bishop of Down and Connor,Ireland
✞ Francesco ALFANO, Bishop of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
✞ Luigi BRESSAN, Bishop of Trento, Italy
✞ Mariano CROCIATA, Bishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno, Italy
✞ Domenico MOGAVERO, Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
✞ Francesco OLIVA, Bishop of Locri-Gerace, Italy
✞ Gian Carlo PEREGO, Bishop of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy
✞ Ambrogio SPREAFICO, Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy
✞ Mario TOSO, Bishop of Faenza-Modigliana, Italy
✞ Jean-Claude Cardinal HOLLERICH, Archbishop of Luxembourg, Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Crisostomo
a Monte Sacro Alto, Luxembourg
✞ Martin ANWEL MTUMBUKA, Bishop of Karonga, Malawi
✞ John Alphonsus RYAN, Bishop of Mzuzu, Malawi
✞ Martin Albert HAPPE, Bishop of Nouakchott, Mauritania
✞ Rodrigo AGUILAR MARTÍNEZ, Bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México
6✞ Cristóbal LÓPEZ ROMERO, Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco
✞ Basilio ATHAI, Archbishop of Taunggyi, Myanmar
✞ Lucas JEIMPHAUNG DAUN ZE, Bishop of Lashio, Myanmar
✞ Lucius HRE KUNG, Bishop of Hakha, Myanmar
✞ Felix Lian KHAN THANG, Bishop of Kalay, Myanmar
✞ Charles Maung Cardinal BO, Archbishop of Yangon, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Ireneo a Centocelle, Myanmar
✞ Raymond Saw PO RAY, Bishop of Mawlamyine, Myanmar
✞ Raymond SUMLUT GAM, Bishop of Banmaw, Myanmar
✞ Stephen TJEPHE, Bishop of Loikaw, Myanmar
✞ Engelberto POLINO SÁNCHEZ, Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Mexico
✞ Gustavo RODRÍGUEZ VEGA, Archbishop of Yucatán, Mexico
✞ Ron VAN DEN HOUT, Bishop of Groningen Leeuwarden, Netherlands
✞ Carlos Enrique HERRERA GUTIÉRREZ, Bishop of Jinotega, Nicaragua
✞ Bulus Dauwa YOHANNA, Bishop of Kontagora, Nigeria
✞ Charles Michael HAMMAWA, Bishop of Jalingo, Nigeria
✞ Pierre JUBINVILLE, Bishop of San Pedro, Paraguay
✞ Adalberto MARTÍNEZ FLORES, Bishop of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo, Paraguay
✞ Heinz Wilhelm STECKLING, Bishop of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay
✞ Luis Alberto BARRERA PACHECO, Bishop of Tarma, Peru
✞ Héctor Miguel CABREJOS VIDARTE, O.F.M., Archbishop of Trujillo, Peru and President of CELAM
✞ Javier DEL RÍO ALBA, Archbishop of Arequipa, Peru
✞ Jorge Enrique IZAGUIRRE RAFAEL, Prelate of Chuquibamba, Peru
✞ Reinhold NANN, Prelate of Caravelì,Peru
✞ Bernardino Cruz CORTEZ, Prelate of Infanta, Philippines
✞ Pablo Virgilio DAVID, Bishop of Kalookan, Philippines
✞ Guillermo DELA VEGA AFABLE, Bishop of Digos, Philippines
✞ Antonio JAVELLANA LEDESMA, Archbishop Emeritus of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
✞ Rolando Octavus JOVEN TRIA TIRONA, Archbishop of Caceres, Philippines
✞ Broderick SONCUACO PABILLO, Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines
✞ Cerilo "Allan" UY CASICAS, Bishop of Marbel, Philippines
✞ António VITALINO FERNANDES DANTAS, Bishop Emeritus of Beja, Portugal
✞ Armando ESTEVES DOMINGUES, Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal
✞ Manuel DA SILVA RODRIGUES LINDA, Bishop of Porto, Portugal
✞ Antonio Augusto Cardinal DOS SANTOS MARTO, Bishop of Leiria-Fátima, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria
Sopra Minerva, Portugal
✞ Roberto Octavio GONZÁLEZ NIEVES, Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
✞ André GUEYE, Bishop of Thiès, Senegal
✞ Pius MLUNGISI DLUNGWANA, Bishop of Mariannhill, South Africa
✞ Jan DE GROEF, Bishop of Bethlehem, South Africa
✞ Victor HLOLO PHALANA, Bishop of Klerksdorp, South Africa
✞ Joseph Mary KIZITO, Bishop of Aliwal,South Africa
✞ Siegfried MANILA JWARA, Vicar Apostolic of Ingwavuma, Titular Bishop of Elephantaria in Proconsulari,
South Africa
✞ João Noé RODRIGUES, Bishop of Tzaneen, South Africa
✞ Thomas Graham ROSE, Bishop of Dundee, South Africa
7✞ Sithembele SIPUKA, Bishop of Umtata, South Africa
✞ Dunkan Theodore TSOKE, Auxiliary Bishop of Johannesburg; Bishop of Horrea Coelia, South Africa
✞ Job KOO YOBI, Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul, Bishop of Sfasferia, South Korea
✞ Jesús FERNÁNDEZ GONZÁLEZ, Bishop of Astorga, Spain
✞ Atilano RODRÍGUEZ MARTÍNEZ, Bishop of Sugüenza-Guadalajara, Spain
✞ Joseph VIANNEY FERNANDO, Bishop of Kandy, Sri Lanka
✞ José Luis PONCE DE LEON, Bishop of Manzini, Swaziland
✞ Markus BÜCHEL, Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
✞ Felix GMÜR, Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
✞ Jean-Marie LOVEY, Bishop of Sion, Switzerland
✞ Charles MOREROD, Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg, Switzerland
✞ Giuseppe FILIPPI, Bishop of Kotido, Uganda
✞ Damiano Giulio GUZZETTI, Bishop of Moroto, Uganda
✞ John ARNOLD, Bishop of Salford, Chair of CAFOD, England and Wales, UK
✞ Vincenzo PAGLIA, Archbishop, President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, Bishop Emeritus of Tern-narni-
Amelia, Vatican City
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Evangelista e Petronio, Venezuela
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