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MANILA, May 13, 2011 — President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III's latest pitch for the controversial RH bill drew more adverse reactions from Catholic bishops today.
It was earlier reported (by Philippine Daily Inquirer) that President Aquino has said that whoever calls for non-payment of taxes and other forms of civil disobedience will possibly face sedition charges.
Several prelates reached by CBCPNews said sedition charges are most welcome.
"He can put us all in jail. We are willing to pay the price to save the unborn from modern Herods and save the executioners from the grasp of the evil one," Lipa Archbishop Ramon Cabrera Arguelles told CBCPNews.
Cotabato Auxiliary Bishop Jose Collin Bagaforo said "Amen! We obey God rather than man."
He considers PNoy's threat of sedition threat as "most welcome."
Former CBCP President Archbishop Angel N. Lagdameo called on the Catholic faithful to "wait and see" as he emphasized the need for both sides to be calm, reasonable and "consider the moral aspect of the issue."
"In the end, we must obey God and not man," the 71 year-old prelate concluded.
But Sorsogon Bishop Arturo Bastes has a single message to President Aquino: "Let him charge all of us bishops, priests, religious, all the faithful with sedition." He added it is better to obey God rather than men and immoral laws.
For CBCP Legal Counsel Jo Imbong said if grounded on one's religious convictions that violates the free exercise clause or freedom of religious belief, then "Let's all Jericho march to jail."
But Archbishop Arguelles, former Military Ordinary, said "He (President Aquino)
sounds like Marcos when his mother called for civil disobedience. What happened
to his mother's terrorist and his father's tormentor?"
Former Senate President Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr. told CBCPNews the statement at this point "is plain and simple hot air." He explained there's no RH law yet or actual call for civil disobedience. (Melo Acuña)
CBCP News :: Official news service of Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines Media Office
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lets us act accordingly.. lets respect each others opinion.and we should respect other people even if we are of different beliefs.. God said love your enemies. R.H bill is not abortion for me..
ReplyDeleteSOME CONTRACEPTIVES ARE ABORTIFACIENTS AND SINCE THE RH BILL SHALL IMPLEMENT MASSIVE USE OF CONTRACEPTIVES THEN IT SHALL PROMOTE AND IMPLEMENT ABORTION.
ReplyDeleteTHIS IS NOT MY OPINION. THIS IS THE OFFICIAL STAND OF OUR CATHOLIC CHURCH.
father talagang ang mga binoto ng mga manalong to walang ginawa kundi kalabanin ang Diyos .magmula ke marcos hanggang sa ngayon..mga immoral talaga.puro nalang nasa katoliko palagi ang paglilinis sa gobyerno.INC sinoportahan si marcos, winalis ng mga katoliko.si erap din pinaupo ng mga INC winalis nanaman ng mga katoliko.si GMA din.naku father ngayun naman si pEnoy.hehe
ReplyDeleteE2 namang si Anonymous, appeal to pity pa. Akala mo naman, anonymous, ang pinag-uusapan lang ay mga simpleng bagay na indi dapat seryosohin. Ngunit ang RH Bill ay sersyosong bagay. Iyon ay seryosong kasinungalingan. May mga opinion na pag sinabi mo ay dapat kang maawa sa sarili mo. 'Pag sinabi ko na ang kulay ng araw ay asul at iyan ang opinion ko. Anu ang gagawin mo? HA HA HA!
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