Pinoy inmates join 'A Million Roses' global peace campaign 

Inmates in several Philippine prisons have joined a global peace campaign — the "A Million Roses for the World" campaign. According to a news article on the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) website on Thursday, inmates from different prisons simultaneously prayed the rosary at 3:00 p.m. on April 15, celebrated by Catholics as "Divine Mercy Sunday." The "Million Roses" campaign aims to unite Filipinos living in different parts of the world to pray the rosary everyday for world peace. For 200 days starting on October 10 last year up to May 30 this year, the Filipinos who signed up for the campaign will pray for one country a day. With the theme “Filipinos at Prayer: Peace for all Nations,” the prayer-activity is meant to stem the worsening peace and order situation worldwide. The project is an initiative of the Family Rosary Crusade Philippines. Rodolfo Diamante, executive secretary of the CBCP Episcopal commission on prison pastoral care, said: “The Divine Mercy Sunday was for the intention of people in prison, that’s why we participated in the said advocacy. We had a simultaneous praying of the rosary last Sunday in many jails around the country.”    The prisons that participated in the campaign included:

• the Davao Penal Colony in Tagum
• jails in the archdioceses of Manila, Davao, Cagayan de Oro and Palo
• most jails in the diocese of Lucena, Iligan City, Bacolod City, Leyte Regional Farm in Abuyog, Maasin City, Sta. Cruz, Laguna, San Pablo City and Manila City jail.