CBCP hits RH bill anew, says measure a form of ‘moral corruption’ 02/01/2011

CBCP hits RH bill anew, says measure a form of ‘moral corruption’

02/01/2011
Leaders of the Catholic church have called on the people to once again “act together” in condemning the Reproductive Health (RH) bill following the House panel’s approval of the consolidated version of the birth control measure.

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), in its pastoral letter entitled “Choosing Life, Rejecting the RH Bill,” said “moral choices” today are at the “crossroads” again which calls for necessary action from the people even as it noted that the controversial bill is a form of “moral corruption.”

The bishops cited President Aquino’s popular pronouncement “if there’s no corruption, there would be no poverty, but the bishops said that “moral corruption” is really the root of all corruption.

“On the present issue, it would be morally corrupt to disregard the moral implications of the RH bill. This is our unanimous, collective moral judgment,” the statement read..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110201hed4.html