The newly formed White Vote Movement led by the Catholic charismatic group El Shaddai has endorsed over the weekend six senatorial candidates, who have stood by the Church in opposing the reproductive health law, for the upcoming May 13 elections.
Roman Catholic Church leaders in Bulacan have advised their parishioners to heed their conscience when they vote on May 13, and not join the bandwagon and wage war against senators branded as members of either “Team Patay” or “Team Buhay.”
A Catholic Church official on Friday defended its continued opposition to the reproductive health law, adding that the Church only wanted the public to be aware of its potential “dangers.”
President Benigno Aquino III will not touch the divorce question with a 10-foot pole. Divorce is not just low on the Aquino administration radar, it is not on its radar screen at all, Palace officials have stressed repeatedly.
Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III on Friday dared President Aquino to certify the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill as urgent just like what he did for the highly contentious Reproductive Health bill which was recently enacted into law.
Year 2012 is now almost out the door. Was it an undiluted “Annus Horribilis” or “Year of Horror”?
Without fanfare, President Benigno Aquino III signed the reproductive health (RH) bill into law last Dec. 21. It was signed together with the Anti-Enforced Disappearance Act. The highly contentious RH law provides “universal access” to reproductive health services and supplies such as contraceptives.
Bishop Gilbert Garcera of the Diocese of Daet, the capital of Camarines Norte, believes overpopulation has been advantageous to the Philippines and to the world because it has increased the number of overseas workers and migrants who could send remittances back home while taking care of ageing people abroad and spreading the Christian faith.
When will students start getting sex education after President Benigno Aquino III signs the reproductive health bill into law?
President Benigno Aquino III, who had a falling out with the leadership of the influential Catholic Church for pushing for the passage of the reproductive health (RH) bill, seemed to be in no rush to sign the measure, which was finally passed last week by both chambers of Congress.
Amid fears that the reproductive health (RH) bill might encourage abortion, another bill seeking to discourage it has been pending at the House of Representatives for more than two years now.
Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma told reporters on Wednesday he would not allow pulpits in his archdiocese to be used in the campaign in the elections next year against lawmakers who voted for the reproductive health (RH) bill.
Legislators who voted for the reproductive health bill in Congress can now heave a sigh of relief, especially if they are living within the Archdiocese of Cebu.
