Pro-lifers in mass rally in Manila
Manila, Jul. 25, 2008 (CWNews.com) - Pro-life activists gathered in Manila on July 25 in a massive rally organized by the country's Catholic bishops and several lay groups to express opposition to a drive for a government-sponsored contraception campaign.
The demonstrators expressed their opposition to the Reproductive Health bill, now pending in the national legislature. The bill would launch a national drive to promote contraceptive use.
The rally, held at the University of Santo Tomas, was deliberately scheduled on the 40th anniversary of the papal encyclical Humanae Vitae (doc). Participants paid tribute to Pope Paul VI, the author of that 1968 encyclical, and to the Catholic Church generally, for upholding the dignity of human sexuality and the integrity of familiy life.
Manila's Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales led a large group of bishops at the rally. Also present were Archbishop Angel Lagdameo, the president of the Filipino bishops' conference; and Archbishop Edward Adams, the apostolic nuncio in Manila. Several members of the Filipino parliament also addressed the crowd.
Manila, Jul. 25, 2008 (CWNews.com) - Pro-life activists gathered in Manila on July 25 in a massive rally organized by the country's Catholic bishops and several lay groups to express opposition to a drive for a government-sponsored contraception campaign.
The demonstrators expressed their opposition to the Reproductive Health bill, now pending in the national legislature. The bill would launch a national drive to promote contraceptive use.
The rally, held at the University of Santo Tomas, was deliberately scheduled on the 40th anniversary of the papal encyclical Humanae Vitae (doc). Participants paid tribute to Pope Paul VI, the author of that 1968 encyclical, and to the Catholic Church generally, for upholding the dignity of human sexuality and the integrity of familiy life.
Manila's Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales led a large group of bishops at the rally. Also present were Archbishop Angel Lagdameo, the president of the Filipino bishops' conference; and Archbishop Edward Adams, the apostolic nuncio in Manila. Several members of the Filipino parliament also addressed the crowd.
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