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    Setback in Secularization: Church and State Relations under the Duterte Administration
    Social Ethics Society Journal of Applied Philosophy 4 (5): 55-80. 2018.
    As he moves closer to half of his term as president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Roa Duterte has continually been in friction with the Catholic Church, specifically with certain members of its hierarchy. Mainly identifiable as the dividing line between Duterte’s administration and the Church is the issue on human rights particularly the extrajudicial killings (EJK) of suspected users and pushers of illegal drugs. This paper argues that Duterte’s attitude and positioning towards the Catholic Churc…Read more