A couple spends quality time with each other sitting at the Bay Walk area in Roxas Boulevard, Metro Manila on 17 October 2012. Based on the survey conducted by the Veritas Truth Survey (VTS), a ... more 

A couple spends quality time with each other sitting at the Bay Walk area in Roxas Boulevard, Metro Manila on 17 October 2012. Based on the survey conducted by the Veritas Truth Survey (VTS), a growing number of Filipino Catholic couples are living together civilly but are not married in the church. Novaliches Bishop Emeritus Teodoro Bacani Jr. who is the Vice Chairman of CBCP Episcopal Commission on the Doctrine of Faith called this as an eye opener considering that the Christian family is the foundation of the Church as the family is the foundation of the society. (Angela Galia/NPPA images) less