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Fr. Cancino, HIV and Broken Families

In this opinion piece in the Inquirer, Rina Jimenez-David attacks Fr. Dan Vicente Cancino for saying something that many of us know, even if we don’t want to acknowledge it: there is a correlation between HIV and broken families. Why

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Posted in Homosexuality, News/Commentary, Youth

Pro-Life Month 2013 Activities

For this month’s list of events, click here.

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Statement of CBCP president Archbishop Jose S. Palma D.D. on RH Bill

Every birth is a gift from God; every new life, a blessing; every birth a cause for rejoicing and praising God who creates new life only out of love. Our country’s positive birth rate and a population composed of mostly

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Posted in Official Statements/Press Releases, The Catholic Perspective

Reproductive Health Bill Timeline, Part 4 of a Series

Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here. Part 3 is here. 1972 – The Model City Population Planning Project (MCPPP) begins in Cagayan de Oro.  Ford Foundation funds it for 2 years with one of the main goals to

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Posted in data, Population Control, Timeline

National Day of Prayer Against the RH Bill

Join us in prayer for the defeat of the Reproductive Health Bill or RH Bill (HB 4244). The CBCP set May 9 as “National Day of Prayer” to invoke divine intervention and guidance for legislators to reject a birth control

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BREAKING: CBCP Disengages from TWG

At this afternoon’s (17 February 2011) meeting of the Technical Working Group (TWG) of the Senate Committee on Population, the CBCP formally disengaged itself from the TWG crafting the RH Bill. Atty. Jo Imbong, CBCP Legal Counsel, manifested that, in

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A Tit for Tat for Comments about CBCP’s Pastoral Letter

Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), in a move to show the government and the Catholic Church’s vehement opposition to the RH Bill, issued a Pastoral Letter entitled: “Choosing Life, Rejecting the RH Bill.” In an attempt to counter

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CHOOSING LIFE, REJECTING THE RH BILL

CHOOSING LIFE, REJECTING THE RH BILL (A Pastoral Letter of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines ) Our Filipino Brothers and Sisters: The State values the dignity of every human person and guarantees full respect for human rights (Art.

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CBCP Pastoral Statement: Panigan ang Buhay, Tanggihan ang RH Bill

Panigan ang Buhay, Tanggihan ang RH Bill (Liham Pastoral ng Kapulungan ng mga Katolikong Obispo ng Pilipinas) Aming mga kapatid na Pilipino, Pinahahalagahan ng Estado ang dangal ng bawa’t tao at tinataguyod ang ganap na paggalang sa karapatang pantao (Art

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Standing up for the Gospel of Life: The Official CBCP Statement on the Reproductive Health Bill

Standing up for the Gospel of Life CBCP Pastoral Statement on Reproductive Health Bill “I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full” (John 10:10). Human life is sacred because from its beginning it involves

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