FALSE

CLAIM: Catholic bishops have endorsed the Marcos-Duterte tandem
RATING: FALSE

“Cebu Flash Report,” on its Facebook page, featured a Facebook video of a press conference of a group of religious leaders that gave the wrong impression that Catholic bishops have endorsed Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. for president and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio for vice president. 

It captioned the post as “News for Catholic religion: Just in: Independent Bishops Conference of the Philippines officially endorsed Bongbong Marcos for President and Sara Duterte for President with 187 bishops nationwide.”

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