Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV)

A national parish-based political but non-partisan lay movement that works assiduously for Clean, Honest, Accurate, Meaningful, and Peaceful elections. PPCRV was born from that joyful shock of recognition that we the laity mattered. That we mattered very much. That was in the Second Plenary Council of the Philippines PCP II in 20 January to 17 February 1991. Such gatherings of the Catholic Church hierarchy were previously participated in only by the ordained. But PCP II was different. It invited lay participants, some 145 women and men from various demographic realities. In PCP II we heard, we saw, we touched the truth that we are co-responsible for the mission of the Church, of making the Kingdom of God present in our here and now. Bringing heaven on earth especially for the poor, marginalized and forgotten. That comprising 99.99% of the baptized, the saving work of Christ will not move forward if we the laity dont move. Another situational reality foisted on us was politics. Th...