phno-hl: CHURCH CALLS ON PEOPLE TO DEFEND LIFE / 2000 JOIN RALLY IN LEGAZPI

CHURCH CALLS ON PEOPLE TO DEFEND LIFE / 2000
JOIN RALLY IN LEGAZPI
[PHOTO - THE EDSA SHRINE]

MANILA, AUGUST 5, 2012
(STANDARD) By Vito Barcelo -Today's prayer
rally a show of force vs RH
The Catholic church on Friday called on the faithful to stand up for life in
a prayer rally at the Edsa Shrine today to oppose the Reproductive Health bill
that Congress will vote on next week.
Archbishop Angel Lagdameo said the Catholic Bishops Conference of the
Philippines would lead the rally to oppose the provisions of House Bill 4244
that violated God's commandments and the Church's teachings on marriage and
life.
He said the Church supported the program for responsible parenthood as long
as it respected the dignity of marriage and the right to life and its provisions
were in accordance with the teachings of the Catholic Church.
Malacañang, meanwhile, on Friday appeared to see no need for a fresh round of
talks with the CBCP amid the debates on the RH bill.
"At this point, the President has made his position known," deputy
presidential spokeswoman Abigail Valte said.
"At the President has said, we are all pro-life and the President is against
abortion."
[PHOTO -A mother's love. A young mother hugs her new-born child at
the Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital as the debate rages in Congress on the
reproducutive health bill. Photo at left shows vials of injectable contraceptive
that are being distributed in government community clinics. DANNY PATA]
But a congressman on Friday said Mr. Aquino's allies in the House were
divided on the RH bill, and that absences could mar the crucial voting on
Tuesday to decided on fate of the measure.
"The majority is divided on the RH bill, Majority Leader and Mandaluyong Rep.
Neptali Gonzales II said.
"While I am pro-RH, my greater responsibility as majority leader puts me in a
dilemma [because] I would go up against the majority [who are not pro-RH but]
whose support I will need in shepherding other measures of equal importance."

To ensure a quorum next week, the House leadership has launched a text
brigade so that all the 284 House members will attend the sessions especially on
Aug. 7, when the House votes on the termination of interpellation on the RH
bill.
House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. said he was hopeful they would have
enough warm bodies to determine the fate of the RH bill.
"I am confident that we will have a quorum on Tuesday," Belmonte said.
"The House members have responded very well to the House brigade."
But Siquijor Rep. Orlando Fua, a member of the opposition who withdrew his
support of the RH bill, said Congress would have a hard time having the bill
enacted into law because the "strong objections from the Catholic Church."
Lagdameo, meanwhile, on Friday also encouraged those who could not join the
rally to participate in the Holy Hour celebrated in all parishes and which
started Aug. 3, the First Friday of the month, and would end on Aug. 7, the day
the RH Bill is expected to be voted on in Congress.
Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Tagle urged the faithful to fill the Edsa
Shrine so they could demonstrate their opposition to the RH bill.
"Relying on the power of prayer and the necessity of informed awareness, we
will gather together to be informed, enlightened and emboldened once more,"
Tagle said.
CBCP president Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma, earlier said the nationwide prayer
rally was "to show our sentiments about our advocacy for life." With Joyce Pangco Pañares and Maricel V. Cruz
2,000 join Legazpi rally By Florencio P. Narito |
Posted on August 05, 2012 | 12:01am | 211 views
Legazpi City — Legazpi Bishop Joel Baylon and retired Bishop Lucilo Quimbao,
held a prayer rally at the Penaranda Park here.
The participants included teachers and students of Catholic colleges and
secondary schools, among them Aquinas University, Divine Word College-Legazpi,
St. Agnes Academy, and St. Raphael Academy.
Catholic lay organization, including the brotherhood of christian businessmen
took part.
Baylon in his message denounced the use of contraceptives like condoms.
"The issue against the RH bill is beyond Congress. Our concern here about
life and family is beyond Congress," he said.
"We need a responsible government, not responsible parenthood," Baylon said,
alluding to President Aquino's message in his state of the nation address.
Dr. Ligaya Acosta, director of Human Life International, said to be the
biggest Pro-life Organization in 100 countries, hit President Aquino for
suppurting the Responsible Parenthood Bill. She called the RH bill
"diabiological."
Denouncing abortion, she said that at a US congressional hearing, Secretary
of the State Hilary Clinton was quoted as saying that the "RH bill is
pro-abortion."



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