Religious group pledges support for party-list that is pro-life 

Members of the Missionary Families of Christ (MFC)unite to support Buhay Party-list during its World Couples Congress in Manila recently. Contributed photo

Manila, Philippines — The Missionary Families of Christ (MFC) pledged its full support to Buhay Party-list during its World Couples Congress held at the Rizal Park Hotel in Manila recently.

It was the first face-to-face assembly of the MFC, regarded as the biggest Catholic lay organization of missionary couples in the Philippines and spread across the world.

MFC’s servant general Frank Padilla openly endorsed Buhay Party-list due to the alignment of values and advocacies of being pro-God, pro-life, and pro-family. Buhay’s third nominee, Xavy Padilla, is the son of Frank Padilla.

During the event, Buhay’s first nominee Von Valdepeñas retraced his roots as a young missionary with Padilla’s Youth for Christ (now, MFC Youth), then becoming Los Baños’ youngest and number one councilor, and later choosing to become a businessman and social entrepreneur.

Valdepeñas’ wife Chi, who is the daughter of Deputy Speaker Lito Atienza, was with him on stage in solidarity with other MFC couples.

MFC’s missionary couples stood up and raised banners to show their support for Buhay Party-list, which was founded by staunch pro-lifer, Deputy Speaker Lito Atienza.

Last November 2021, at the same venue, other catholic lay organizations joined Buhay to form a solid bloc of voters that espouse the sanctity of life and the importance of defending it.

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