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    Catholic Church won't argue with pro-RH religious groups

    The Catholic Church will not argue with other religious groups that have expressed support to the controversial Reproductive Health bill currently pending in Congress.

    Instead, an official of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said the Church will just focus its anti-RH bill efforts on the House of Representatives.

    “[Reproductive health] is a moral issue and therefore all, regardless of faith, sector, who will be affected by the reproductive health bill, have the right to speak on the matter," said CBCP Episcopal Commission on Family and Life executive secretary Fr. Melvin Castro in an article posted Tuesday night on the Union of Catholic Asian News website.

    “We will target the legislators. They are the ones who need to be enlightened," he added.

    Earlier, Catholic Church officials had questioned President Benigno Aquino III for supporting a Responsible Parenthood Bill that allows artificial contraception. The Church officials, who are in favor only of natural family planning methods, had called for the scrapping of both Aquino's RP bill and the RH bill.

    Still, Castro took a dig at RH bill advocates for not calling for the separation of Church and State after the Iglesia Ni Cristo and other religious groups expressed support for the bill.

    Aside from the INC, the Interfaith Partnership for the Promotion of Responsible Parenthood Inc., which includes the National Council of Churches in the Philippines and the Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches, issued a statement calling for the swift passage of the RH bill.

    The Democratic Socialist Women of the Philippines, a group also supporting the bill, also said they are “certain" the bill “will finally be passed by this Congress."

    “They should be consistent… because when it’s the Catholic Church talking, they cry for the separation of Church and State, but when the one talking backs their point of view they keep quiet," Castro said.

    “We are all stakeholders in this issue. Everybody has the right to speak, so they should not criticize the Catholic Church if it speaks against [reproductive health]," he added.

    But Elizabeth Angsioco, who chairs the Democratic Socialist Women of the Philippines, said the Catholic hierarchy knows that the bill’s passage is imminent. She said this may be the reason for the "seemingly desperate acts by some bishops and priests against it," UCAN reported. - KBK, GMA News

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    • ionica  •  1 year 1 month ago
      how can anyone be a responsible when there's no one to parent. With the "pro-choice" use of contraception, fertilization can't even take place. so what's with the responsible parenthood blah? bakit kasi ayaw nyo pang tanggapin ang katotohanan that most people would rather have the pleasure sex but not the responsibility of being parents? does that expression have to be a law?
      • Mvector 1 year 1 month ago
        That's the sorry product of long-term exposure to foreign and local mass media. For the sake of "freedom", or so they say... more like under the guise of "progress". I say it's just a sorry excuse to get naughty :)

        The "law" part is just a tool of deception to complete a subversion process to dupe the Filipino people into doing what they think is "right" - supposedly the result of freedom of choice. But according to history, that isn't the case.

        The role that religion is playing in this whole RH fiasco, particularly the Roman Catholic church, is that of Jesus Christ - it is going to be persecuted and put to death. When it falls, there will be no stopping the injection of artificial government doctrine, and again, with a bit of help from media brainwashing. There are certain powers who want this scenario to happen.

        Soon, morality will be redefined - for greedy and sick purposes. We're all in for an extra bumpy ride, so brace yourselves.
      • Cain 1 year 1 month ago
        Share a Catholic doomsday story. That works. smh.
      • Pogi Go 1 year 1 month ago
        Once RH Bill will be put to law, then other unchristian bills will also follow...like same sex marriage...divorce...etc. God forbids...then all that the National Council of Churches in the Philippines and the Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches could say is, Oh what have we done? why have we stoop down to the level of INM(iglesia ni manalo)?...to you NCCP and PCEC, did you spent time to discern first regarding your decision to support RH Bill? seek the Lord while He may be found...
    • jc  •  1 year 1 month ago
      Lahat tayo ay may FREEWILL at INTELECT at ito ang ginagamit natin sa pagpili kung ano ang tama at mali.Ang simbahang katoliko ay nariyan upang gumabay sa atin at magturo ng tamang doctrine, at bilang kristiano sa palagay ko ay dapat tayong sumunod sa kung ano ang tama, ngunit nasa bawat isa pa din sa atin ang pagpapasya ayon sa ating WILL ngunit ang intellect naman natin ang mag uusig sa atin kung tama ba ang ating desisyon.

      Ngunit paano ba tayo susunod sa mga turo ng simbahan that often we find them difficult to do, na kung ang simpleng batas halimbawa ang batas trapiko o ang simpleng batas na bawal mag tapon ng basura ay kadalasan hindi nasusunod ng iba sa atin????

      Ang mga simpleng batas na ito ay may katapat na parusa kapag sila ay ating nilabag, how much more ang parusa natin kapag lumabag tayo sa batas ng diyos....
      • Isyut 1 year 1 month ago
        Freewill and Intellect is a very common term. Kaya nga pinapipili tayo sa RH BILL kung eimplement ba o hindi? pabor ka ba o hindi? yun na ang freewill ng bawat isa kung sangayon o hindi. YUng intellect naman dyan kadre tinitimbang ang konsensya, isip at determinasyon ng isang tao, sa karamihan talaga maraming nag yes dahil nakakatulong sa pagpaunlad ng bayan lalo na sa mahihirap at malaking pamilya na anak lang ng anak na wala mapakain kulang at naging sakit ng lipunan. Itiklop mo muna kadre yung konsensya mo at suportahan yung RH Bill marami ka pang matulungan sa isang boto mo. Tandaan mo mahal tayo ng panginoon ayaw nyang nakikitang nagdurusa ang mga mahal nya. "Salus est populi suprema lex"
      • jc 1 year 0 months ago
        tama po, mahal nya tayo... at wala po sa atin ang gustong maghirap, subalit tayo din ang gumagawa ng ating kapalaran, ayon choice natin. there are instances na alam na nating mali at ginagawa pa din natin at iaasa natin sa kanya ang conscequences ng ginawa natin and so it's true with families...kung alam mo ng mahirap ka at di na kayang tustusan ang maramng anak eh bakit pa manganganak at aasa mo sa gobyerno... at maimplement man ang bill na yan, it's not guaranteed na masusunod ng bawat pamilya at uunlad and bansa natin. corruption is the main problem why our nation do not progress, perhaps if kapag na eradicate ito lets see it from there. it's just a matter of diciplne after all...
    • PaengSaAmerika  •  1 year 1 month ago
      Mas matatakot at pakikinggan ng mga solons ang Iglesia ni Kristo kaysa Simbahang Katoliko. Sa botohan eh mas nananalo sila pag dinala ng Iglesia. Kung hindi titgil ang mga obispo at kardinal sa kababatikos kay presidente Noynoy, lalo lang nilang isinusulong na maipasa ang RH bill sa kongreso.
      • jethro 1 year 1 month ago
        kailangan lahat ng religious organization ay tumigil sa pakikialam sa matters of the state. kung gusto nila makiaalam at lalo na mag endorse ng kandidato sa kanilang kinasasakupan, kailangan mag umpisa na sila magbayad ng tax.
      • Michael Gabriel 1 year 1 month ago
        ang mga katoliko, di nag-eendorso ng kandidato pag eleksyon, walang block voting para pumabor sa kanila ang gobyerno, pero may paninindigan sa alam nilang tama, pero laging inaakusahan na lumalabag sa separation of Church and State, pero kapag ibang relihiyon ang nakikialam, walang nilabag sa separation of Church and state. so fair!
      • Alvin Pereira 1 year 1 month ago
        INC is a tax payer and I believe it's a good move for them to show their stand with regards to this matter. If the Catholic won't argue with them, then just shut up.
    • Eman Uel  •  1 year 1 month ago
      They cry "Separation of Church and state" daw kapag Catholic Church ang nagsasalita, pero kapag ibang denomination tahimik sila. Bakit kaya? Dahil ba sa mata at isip nila, hindi totoong simbahan ang mga ito kaya walang violation sa separation of Church and state? Nagtatanong lang.
      • ramon t 1 year 1 month ago
        tama ka diyan Eman Uel: kasi halos mamatay na mga tao dito sa paninira sa simbahan...
      • buddy21 1 year 1 month ago
        As a Filipino citizen, it is our responsibility to voice our opinions to such an important legislation and I commend the different religious denominations, including the catholic church, for their honest stand regarding this matter. But there is a great difference between freedom of speech to the active lobbying of the church to prevent the passage of the bill. To express their opinion would have been enough, but the catholic church is wielding its power to influence the legislators and I think they are right in demanding the separation of the church and the state with regards to the catholic church and not from the other religious denominations.
      • Jay Gargeceran 1 year 1 month ago
        the church remains the strong voice of morality in the philippines kung kaya medyo mababa aids/hiv cases natin compared sa ibang bansa. kaya nga sinisiraan ang simbahan dahil di nila maconvince ang iba ng contraceptive mentality.
    • Kums  •  1 year 1 month ago
      RH Bill at its present form is a waste of taxpayers' money. It would not solve anything as long as the Catholic church believes that contraceptives are immoral. Married couples will not use contraceptives "to each other" because they believe its a sin. But same married couple will use contraceptives to their "kabits" because what is another sin compare to adultery. The same can be said with young people and premarital sex. Contraceptives will prevent babies, therefore no babies, there are no proof and no responsibilities, and that means more sex. Because of this reason, the RH bill will just propagate more immorality to our already corrupted Catholic society.

      For me, this is what the RH bill should look like. Access to contraceptives must be expensive. Educate that sex comes with responsibility, limit media such as tv shows, movies, newspapers that showcase sex. Mother and father must be responsible for the child's life wanted or unwanted (except for rape victims).
      • mcu 1 year 1 month ago
        it's not a waste.. actually it prevents more waste..since most of the taxpayers money goes to programs for the poor.. and the poor the just multiply... so we should prevent overpopulation so that we can allocate more funds for infrastucture and such. also think for people who commit adultery already discovered contaceptives. so the bill wont' increase them at all. plus premarital sex is not the result of rh bill. it is caused by lack of sex-ed. the bill will just help them from ruining thier future.
    • Jun  •  1 year 1 month ago
      The definition of the church from its original greek word ekklesia is the called out ones. If you take it into the context of Christian Church, you get the words Christ and ian. Christ is Jesus the Christ - Christ meaning the anointed one. In acts, the followers of Jesus called "The Way" were first called christians - a derogatory word for those who follow a dead person... The Bible and mostly in all the letters of St Paul they are called believers who are in Christ. Please read the whole letter of Paul to the Ephesians. To make it clearer, read all the letters of Paul, Peter and John and try to understand if the "church" you attribute to or being identified with falls into how they define. Is your definition of church the same as the definition of the bible. Minsan gusto kong sisihin ang Catholic Church dito kasi hindi naman sila nagturo kasi ng tamang interpretation ng Bible... nuong una kasi ayaw nilang payagang magbasa ang mga tao ng bibliya kasi para lang daw sa mga pari ito kaya naging mangmang ang mga tao. Sana kung pinayagan nila tayong magbasa ng bibliya, I believe, by the help of the Holy Spirit, hindi tayo mangmang sa maraming bagay kagaya ng RH Bill. Mali naman din kasi ang mga dahilan ng mga pari... tungkol sa condom? ang depensa nila ay galit ang Diyos na matapon ang mga semen dahil daw nuong nakipagtalik si Onan (Genesis 38) sa asawa ng kapatid ay itinapon nito ang similya sa lupa upang hindi mabi----an ng anak ang namatay niyang kapatid. Namatay si Onan hindi dahil sa itinapon na semen kundi ang maling puso niya na dapat tanggapin niyang responsibilidad niya sa kapatid. Marami pa... Pero it takes all of us to individually search the scriptures so when we come to know the truth, truth will set us free when we believe and obey. In a way di ko masisi ang Catholic leadership kasi hindi rin naman nila alam ang tama. It is actually everyones duty to know the will of God without our leaders to teach us.
    • NAMO  •  1 year 1 month ago
      FROM CAIN...AGAIN CAIN THANKS

      Oh eto po yung RH BILL........Saan po ba rito ang mali?......

      Para wala pong information ng RH BILL.

      15th Congress- House Bill 4244 (full text, final consolidated RH bill, HB 4244)
      Section 3. Guiding Principles

      The following principles constitute the framework upon which this Act is anchored:
      1. Freedom of choice, which is central to the exercise of right, must be fully guaranteed by the State;
      2. Respect for, protection and fulfillment of reproductive health and rights seek to promote the rights and welfare of couples, adult individuals, women and adolescents;
      3. Since human resource is among the principal asset of the country, maternal health, safe delivery of healthy children and their full human development and responsible parenting must be ensured through effective reproductive health care;
      4. The provision of medically safe, legal, accessible, affordable and effective reproductive health care services and supplies is essential in the promotion of peopleโ€™s right to health, especially of the poor and marginalized;
      5. The State shall promote, without bias, all effective natural and modern methods of family planning that are medically safe and legal;
      6. The State shall promote programs that: (1) enable couples, individuals and women to have the number and spacing of children and reproductive spacing they desire with due consideration to the health of women and resources available to them; (2) achieve equitable allocation and utilization of resources; (3) ensure effective partnership among the national government, local government units and the private sector in the design, implementation, coordination, integration, monitoring and evaluation of people-centered programs to enhance quality of life and environmental protection; (4) conduct studies to analyze demographic trends towards sustainable human development and (5) conduct scientific studies to determine safety and efficacy of alternative medicines and methods for reproductive health care development;
      7. The provision of reproductive health information, care and supplies shall be the joint responsibility of the National Government and the Local Government Units (LGUs);
      8. Active participation by non-government, womenโ€™s, peopleโ€™s, civil society organizations and communities is crucial to ensure that reproductive health and population and development policies, plans, and programs will address the priority needs of the poor, especially women;
      9. While this Act recognizes that abortion is illegal and punishable by law, the government shall ensure that all women needing care for post-abortion complications shall be treated and counseled in a humane, non-judgmental and compassionate manner;
      10. There shall be no demographic or population targets and the mitigation of the population growth rate is incidental to the promotion of reproductive health and sustainable human development;
      11. Gender equality and women empowerment are central elements of reproductive health and population and development;
      12. The limited resources of the country cannot be suffered to be spread so thinly to service a burgeoning multitude making allocations grossly inadequate and effectively meaningless;
      13. Development is a multi-faceted process that calls for the coordination and integration of policies, plans, programs and projects that seek to uplift the quality of life of the people, more particularly the poor, the needy and the marginalized; and
      14. That a comprehensive reproductive health program addresses the needs of people throughout their life cycle.
    • Bernard  •  1 year 1 month ago
      Bakit sa mga pari at obispo nagagalit ang iba kapag nagpapahayag o nangangaral sila tungkol sa mga issue ng moralidad samantalang ginagampanan lang naman nila ang kanilang tungkulin na ipahayag ang nararapat base sa mga salita ng Diyos? Kung gusto nating magreklamo, sa Diyos o kay Jesus kayo dapat magreklamo at hindi sa mga pari dahil mga tagapagsalita lang naman sila ng Diyos. Kung gusto nyong gumamit ng artificial methods sa pagpigl ng anak, bakit di nyo na lang gawin? Maari kayang dahil sa isang sulok ng inyong konsyensya ay may nagsasabi at umuukilkil sa inyong isipan na mali at laban sa mga ipinag-uutos ng Diyos ang mga ganitong gawain? Kahit kumontra ang mga pari at obispo kung gusto nyo talagang gumamit ng artificial birth control ay gagagwin nyo na lang. Pero aminin nyo na lang na sa likod ng isipan nyo ay may bumubulong na mali talaga ito. Noong dekada 60, 70 at 80, ang salitang kinakatakutan ay Komunismo. Ngayon ay Over population. Malinaw na ito ay mga propaganda ng mga banasang nais ipaisip sa atin na tayo ay mahirap kaya dapat ay bawasan ang populasyon pero ang totoo, ang nais nila ay sila ang makinabang sa kayamanan ng Pilipinas at tinatanggap naman ito ng maraming Pilipino na hindi nalalaman ang mga ganitong bagay. WE ARE NOT OVER POPULATED, WE ARE OVER CORRUPTED! Kunga tama ang pamamahala sa kayamanan ng bansa, ang populasyon natin ay dapat na maging asset at hindi liability. Hindi ako natatakot magkubli sa kathang pangalan at larawan sapagkat naniniwala ako na ito ang katotohanan. God bless!
    • jun  •  1 year 1 month ago
      Edukasyon ang kailangan sa mahihirap hindi RH bill. Kung may alam na ang mga yan, malalaman na rin nila na mali ang marami ang anak at gagawa ng paraan. over the counter mabibili ang condom etc... sa merkado kahit walang RH na yan.
    • armel  •  1 year 1 month ago
      Bakit ang RH- Bill pinapasa ni PNoy at mga congressman, bakit ang Freedom On Info Bill di nila naipasa.. may kinakatigan ba?
    • coo-lit  •  1 year 1 month ago
      Mga Kabayan PRO or ANTI RH bill ka man,

      Bakit nyo sinasabi na mahihirap ang mga PINOY? tanong lang..nakapasok naba kayo ng mga sabungan? di rin siguro tayo bulag kung gaano kahaba ang pumipila sa mga LOTTO outlets right? (halos karamihan na mga nagsusugal at tumataya kakarampot lang ang kita pero dahil sa ugaling pagbabakasakali) Di rin natin maipagkaila na tuwing GABI naglipana ang mga kababayan natin na nasa mga bahay aliwan, napapansin rin natin na ang daming mga kababaihan at mga nanay na nag to tong its, nag ma madjong, mga kalalakihan na na kanto kanto nag iinom, tumingin kayo sa mga naggagandahang MALLS kahit hikahos na dami pa ring bumibili, sa mga sinehan pila pila ang mga manonood makita lang idol nila sa screen..etc etc etc...mga proyekto na naumpisahan di matapos tapos bakit saan napunta ang PONDO? mga mga pulitiko na bumi byahe sa ibang bansa milyon milyon ang gastos ano ba napapala? Ang mga kabataan natin ngayon na imbes nag aaral at dapat ipunin ang baon pero saan napunta? sa INTERNET Games lang, nag bro browse ng mga malalaswang sites... mga bata natutu na ring magsugal, gumagamit ng droga....ETO ba ang tinatawag nyo na naghihirap?

      Marami pang iba mga kapatid ang mas dapat bi----an pansin nang ating gobyerno para sa pagsugpo sa mga nabanggit ko ang mga ito ay iilan lamang na syang UGAT AT PINAGMULAN ng kahirapan nang ating BANSA....

      Bakit nga bah hindi ito ang dapat sugpuin? Bakit nga bah di dapat paiigtingin ang BATAS para madisiplina ang mga mamamayan?

      Katunayan KULANG TAYO SA DISIPLINA sa ating SARILI.

      Mga kabayan MAYAYAMAN ang PINOY di ang sa PERA kundi sa PUSO at sa PAGMAMAHAL...MAYAMAN.MAYAMAN.MAYAMAN ang BANSA natin...BILYON PERA NATIN pero naka deposit sa ibang BANSA...

      Wag na tayong magbulag bulagan imulat natin ang mga mata natin sa KATOTOHAN.

      MATUWID NA DAAN LAGI nating ISIPIN...umpisahan na sa SARILI at para sa mga ANAK natin..

      LAGI LANG TANDAAN NA ANG BUHAY AY ISANG GIFT from OUR HEAVENLY FATHER.

      God Bless.
    • Bulik Speckledbird  •  1 year 1 month ago
      alam pala nila yung separation of church and state, bakit daldal pa din ng daldal? sa ibang religious groups lang pala yun applicable... sa CBCP hindi applicable? sino gago n----n?
    • Mabuhay  •  1 year 1 month ago
      Pansinin natin na ang nagpapasa ng RH bill ay mga miyembro mismo ng Roman Church, si edsel lagman ang author nito di ba? Pati ang mga nagpo-promote ay mag catholics din. Majority ng mga pulitiko ay katoliko rin. Ngayon tinitira sila ng mga obispo at pari nila. Maliwanag na nagkulang ng malaki ang mga obispo, pari, kardinal dito dahil di na sumusunod ang mga katoliko sa kanila. Malaking failure sila gaya ng sinabi ng ilan dito. Marami diyang pulitiko graduate sa Catholic universities gaya ng Ateneo pero naging corrupt. Kung naging tama ang edukasyon nila maggiging corrupt kaya sila. Most Latin American nations are catholic and corrupt too. Pansinin natin ito. Panahon na para magising ang mga Pilipino na kung hindi naging "failures ang Simabahng iyan ay di magiging failures ang mga pulitikong nag-aral sa mga Catholic Universities na naging corrupt. Ang problem sa catholic church ay tradition, man made dogma imbes na Word of God na nagpapalaya sa tao ang itinuro kaya maraming miyembro nila ang confused at naging corrupt ang iba. Kung wala sigurong mga Charismatic communities sa Catholic Church, matagal nang bumagsak ang simbahang iyan.
    • Alilang Penoy  •  1 year 1 month ago
      ang problem d2 it will result to easysex, free sex and degeneration of morality. it might help to ease up poverty but problems that will be with it ay complicated. ang problema pa maraming maccrang familia. penoys are know for strong family ties n morals - with this bill wasak e2.
    • naku  •  1 year 1 month ago
      it is ok for the church to express their stand and opinion on the rh bill. but when they threaten those supporting rh bill of ex communication or branding them "sinners" or saying them to leave the mass, thats the time there is a violation of the separation of church and state
    • Alvin Pereira  •  1 year 1 month ago
      Google VATICAN SCANDALS and read Mr. Erle Frayne Argonza's article TAX THE CHURCH ASSETS & INCOMES.
    • Ted'59  •  1 year 1 month ago
      ang simbahang katoliko ay nagtuturo kung ano ang tama at mali dahil yan ang misyon nya na galing kay JESUS CHRIST. ngayon kung ayaw nyon'ng sumunod sa kanyang pagtuturo gawin nyo kung ano ang gusto nyo hinde naman kayo pinipilit, at huwag kayo magalit sa pari at mga obispo dahil ginagawa lamang nila ang kanilang misyon., tawagin pa ninyong mga damaso. tapos kung linggo nagsisimba kayo at nagcommunion.
    • Alilang Penoy  •  1 year 1 month ago
      hindi malayong ang anak mo, kapatid mo, asawa mo at ikaw ay makipag sex na lang sa daan o bangketa . alam mo naman ang penoy laging tinatry ang new innovations - like cell phones n internet. baka daigin pa natin scandinavian countries sa kalibugan. sayang ang strong family ties n moral std natin na dpa pa naman cra. dami na ngang familia nacra sa OCW - tapos e2 pa. Yung mga gurang na proponents nito dapat mag retire na- wla na kyong maisip na magaling
    • Juanito jr.  •  1 year 1 month ago
      Speaking of Catholic Church against RH bill, wala 'yan puro salita lang naman sila. Kahit saan naman puro salita lang sila. Pero tingnan mo habang ang mga pilipino ay naghihirap, sila naman ay yumayaman.
    • Frank R  •  1 year 1 month ago
      dont use our tax to buy condoms!
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