WATCH: Metro Manila churches ring bells for thousands killed in drug war
A bell ringer looks out from the San Roque Cathedral in Caloocan in east of Manila on September 14, 2017, as he rings the bells of the church. Church bells were set to toll across the mainly Catholic Philippines late on Thursday as bishops rallied opposition to the 'reign of terror' that has left thousands dead during President Rodrigo Duterte's war against drugs. Noel Celis/AFP
MANILA, Philippines — Churches in Metro Manila rang their bells last week, marking the beginning of the 40-night ritual to remember the thousands killed in President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs.
The Catholic Church said bells would ring for five minutes at 8 p.m. following the appeal of Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle last September 8.
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