Tag Archives: catholic bishops conference of the philippines

The CBCP and its primitivist crusade against reproductive health

Posted on December 1, 2010 by benign0

According to Fr. Melvin Castro, executive director of the Episcopal Commission on Family and Life of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, “the Church needs to intensify its information drive on the [Reproductive Health] bill”. This is his “solution” … Continue reading →

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The Reproductive Health Bill: empowering Filipinos

Posted on October 5, 2010 by ilda

The proposed Philippine Reproductive Health Bill (RH Bill) is so hot a topic at the moment that I can’t even open my Facebook without reading some kind of update from someone about it. Most Filipinos like myself, were raised as … Continue reading →

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Catholic Bishops’ gaffes and the slide to irrelevance of the Catholic Church

Posted on October 4, 2010 by benign0

The thing with brats is that they (1) lack the brain wiring to take “NO” for an answer, (2) lack a grasp of theory of mind to understand that other people have different thoughts on a subject, and (3) are … Continue reading →

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Abortion is really a simple issue

Posted on August 5, 2010 by benign0

Nobody who rests comfily within the bed of Establishment thinking seems to want to take a position on the debate around abortion. All of what the venerable Ellen Tordesillas can add to the debate, for example, is a wish of … Continue reading →

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