Catholic bishops hail junking of same-sex marriage petition

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 03:25:51 +0000

Catholic prelates on Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court’s junking of the petition on same-sex marriage.

Manila Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo said the decision was good saying the country already has a lot of problems to deal with as it is.

“That is good. The country has so many problems that affect the poor and the needy, like poverty, work, overseas Filipino workers and climate change,” he said in an interview.

“We should focus on these,” added Pabillo.

Cubao Bishop Honesto Ongtioco also welcomed the move of the SC.

“At least SC still upholds what the Church holds,” he said.

But Ongtioco said the church will always “uphold” the teachings of Jesus regarding marriage no matter what the state legislates.

Although happy with the SC decision, a former official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines Episcopal Commission on Family and Life said such joy was incomplete.

“We rejoice that the Philippine Supreme Court junked with finality the petition for same-sex marriage. However, that joy is incomplete since the SC noted that the Philippine Constitution does not explicitly prohibit same-sex union,” Father Melvin
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