Catholic Church Property in the Philippines

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 1, 1901

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 78, No. 40.

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Catholic Church Property in the Philippines

A METHODIST missionary in the Philippines reports to the Northwestern Christian Advocate that “the Manila courts have decided that church buildings built for and used by the Catholic Church prior to American occupancy belong to the Church, and cannot be alienated from its ownership by those who gave the funds for their erection, even when they have all become Protestants.”
Protestantism is, however, making considerable progress in this territory.