Amid floods, Pampanga archbishop calls out corruption

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA, Philippines — Archbishop Florentino Lavarias of San Fernando, Pampanga, on Tuesday urged Filipinos to criticize corruption and expose wrongdoing, but to do so with good intentions rather than out of revenge. Lavarias made the appeal during Pampanga’s celebration of the 70th anniversary of the canonical coronation of the Virgen de