Loreta Amancera, aunt of Wilson Castillo, 33, who was among the killed within a week of President Rodrigo Duterte's intensified war on drugs, cries in front of the coffin of her nephew, inside their house in V. Mapa, metro Manila, Philippines August 19, 2017. Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Inside Manila's drug war: A female assassin's story

On Sunday, as anger over the teenager's death grew, Cardinal Tagle issued a statement read out in Masses across the capital. Former president Benigno Aquino III says he sees his paternal grandmother in Kian delos Santos' mother, both of whom lost sons in killings

MANILA, Philippines – Former president Benigno Aquino III condemned the killing of Kian Loyd delos Santos, the 17-year-old boy shot by Caloocan police during an anti-drug raid on August 16.
The Philippine Catholic Church condemns the killings in the Philippines after anger erupts due to the death of 17-year old Kian Loyd delos Santos.