Priests of BONLAG Support CBCP and Bishop Rudy's statement

STATEMENT OF SUPPORT

TO THE Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP)

We, the clergy of the Apostolic Vicariate of Bontoc-Lagawe, reiterate our support to the stand of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) against the Reproductive Health (RH) Bill or the Responsible Parenthood (RP) Bill. (Cf. CHOOSING LIFE, REJECTING THE RH BILL, A Pastoral Letter of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, 30 January 2011)

After everything has been said and debated on, we believe that it is time for every conscientious Filipino to make a stand on this issue. We invoke the statement of our beloved Bishop Rodolfo F. Beltran, D.D. on the rationality of the choice of life. (Cf. “…That You may Have Life to the Full” (John 10:10b), A Pastoral Letter of the Most Rev. Rodolfo F. Beltran, D.D., Vicar Apostolic of Bontoc-Lagawe, Lent 2011)

Acting on the same statement of the Bishop of Bontoc-Lagawe, we make our promise to be vigilant on the decisions and acts of our elected officials whom we have voted into office to serve us and protect our rights and will.

Lastly, we urge everyone, especially all our faithful in the parishes of the Apostolic Vicariate of Bontoc-Lagawe to consider most seriously the choices of officials we make during elections and see to it that they, in turn, be responsible to their duties of serving the people’s will. We restate the stand we have always made in every election that our choice of officials should be maka-buhay, maka-tao, maka-Diyos and maka-kalikasan. This must be seen in the choices our government officials make.