Christianity : it is all about money and power

How much suffering the Catholic Church has to put on all those
Filipino ? The country was tear apart by over population. Kids have
nothing to eat. Did the Catholic Church care about God ? No !!! They
only want power !!!

Philippine Catholics protest proposed birth control law

(AFP) – 1 day ago

MANILA — Philippine nuns and priests led thousands of Catholics in a
protest in Manila Saturday against a proposed law that would provide
free contraceptives in a bid to curb population growth.

The protesters, mainly dressed in red, gathered at a Catholic shrine
to voice opposition to the planned legislation, which would also
encourage families to have only two children in an effort to reduce
poverty.

The proposal, which is expected to face a tough time getting through
parliament, has angered the influential Roman Catholic Church in the
Philippines which has led opposition and called Saturday's protest.

Dolly Cruz, a 61-year-old pensioner, attacked the proposal as
"contrary to the laws of God".

"God gave humans the power of reason to decide what is right and what
is wrong for themselves," she said. Police estimated the crowd at
about 7,000.

President Benigno Aquino has strongly backed the law, saying in a
statement before the rally that in a situation where couples "are in
no position to make an informed judgement, the state has the
responsibility to so provide".

The Philippines annual birth rate has been steadily declining, but the
government points out that some of the poorest regions have the
highest rates.

The law would use a government health insurance fund to provide birth
control pills, condoms and other contraceptives for free.

It would give the poor preferential access to family planning services
in state hospitals, while lessons on family planning and sex education
would become compulsory in schools and for couples applying for a
marriage licence.

The House of Representatives, dominated by Aquino supporters, is
expected to pass the bill on Tuesday after failing to do so last year.

But the Senate, parliament's upper house, must also pass the law and
has come out strongly against it.

Both abortion and divorce remain illegal in the predominantly Catholic
Philippines.