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Bishop vows to lobby hard vs reproductive health bills


MANILA, Philippines - A member of the influential Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Monday vowed to lobby hard against the passage of the pending reproductive health bills in Congress. Manila Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo described the bills as “anti-life.” “We are asked to lobby hard with our Congressmen to prevent the passage of these pending anti-life bills in Congress,” he said. Pabillo said the CBCP will also tap other sectors and communities to ensure that the bills will be junked. Last Sunday, a fetus placed inside a bottle of cream cheese was offered to a priest celebrating Mass in Quiapo Church. Msgr. Gerry Santos, regional director of the Catholic Education Association of the Philippines (CEAP), said he learned of the unusual offer when he visited his parents after saying the 9 a.m. Mass. Santos said the bottle containing the fetus and a rosary was wrapped in a plastic bag and surrounded by apples and bananas placed in a basket. The offering was given to the priest who officiated the Mass. “I brought the fruits to my parents’ house because we’re having lunch. It was their maids who discovered the fetus inside the bottle. You could see the hands and feet of the unborn child already formed,” he said during the interview over Radio Veritas. The fetus was brought back to Quiapo Church where it was blessed before it was buried in La Loma Cemetery. Records of the Department of Health indicated that an estimated 400,000 abortions happen in the Philippines every year because of unwanted pregnancy. - GMANews.TV
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