Archbishop Soc pledges cooperation
RH LAW IMPLEMENTATION
“WE cannot see eye-to-eye with our pro-RH brethren on this divisive issue but we can work hand- in-hand for the good of the country. Let us move on.”
This was the message of Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas, also the president of the influential Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), following the Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of Reproductive Health (RH) Law, which the Catholic Church has strongly opposed.
“(The) Supreme Court has decided on the RH issue based on existing laws in the Philippines. The Church must continue to uphold the sacredness of human life, to teach always the dignity of the human person and to safeguard the life of every human person from conception to natural death,” Villegas said in a statement said.
The statement also said that while the Supreme Court upheld the RH law, it removed some provisions to reinforce the importance of adherence to an informed religious conscience even among government workers.
“It (decision) has also stood on the side of the rights of parents to teach their children,” it said.
Villegas said the the faithful must continue to teach what it believes is right and moral.
“We will continue to proclaim the beauty and holiness of every human person. Through two thousand years, the Church has lived in eras of persecution, authoritarian regimes, wars and revolutions,” the statement said.—Tita Roces
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