The Sangguniang Laiko ng Pilipinas (Council of the Laity of the Philippines, or Laiko) is a public association of the faithful erected by the Catholic Bishopsâ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) in order to âdevelop the consultation and collaboration of the lay faithfulâ (Bd. John Paul II, Apostolic Exhortation Christifideles laici on the Vocation and Mission of the Lay Faithful in the Church and in the World, n. 25).