MANILA, Philippines - President Arroyo has included among her spiritual advisers Pastor Apollo Quiboloy, head of the Davao-based Christian sect Kingdom of Jesus Christ, the Name Above Every Name (KJC).
Mrs. Arroyo met with Quiboloy for the second time over dinner at the KJC compound in Davao City on Wednesday.
Palace officials said among the President’s spiritual advisers are Catholic Church leaders Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal and Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales, as well as key ministers of the Iglesia ni Cristo, and heads of Christian evangelical churches.
Quiboloy is also from her hometown of Lubao in Pampanga. The Christian sect claims to have over six million followers.
Mrs. Arroyo also had a private meeting with Cardinal Vidal in Cebu earlier that day.