In his New Year message to the people of the Philippines, CBCP president and Tandag Bishop Nereo Odchimar said that the agenda of depopulationists who promote artificial contraception as a way of reducing poverty is unsuccessful and goes against “the very conscience of many Christian Filipinos,” reports LifeSiteNews.com. “We usually begin the New Year with well wishes and a salvo of noble resolves. But, before our illusions consume us, let us first be awakened by this disturbing reality: What awaits the majority of Filipinos in the year ahead, much as we hope for the better, perhaps are still the same dehumanizing conditions of poverty, injustice, and unpeace,” Bishop Odchimar said in his message posted Friday on the CBCP news site. To read the full story, click here.
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