RP official blasts bishops

Fri, 24 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB | Source: DPA

MANILA (DPA): A top welfare official blasted "narrow-minded"
Catholic bishops for condemning condoms ahead of an international
AIDS conference while "pro-life" groups plastered banners
yesterday throughout the Philippine capital.

"I hope church leaders will look at this problem from a bigger
perspective such as the fact that more and more children are
becoming infected," with the deadly virus, said Social Welfare
Secretary Lina Laigo.

The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines has said it
expects the 4th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the
Pacific to promote condom use for safe sex which the bishops
regard as encouraging promiscuity.

With more than 4,000 delegates, including AIDS victims from
various countries, expected to attend the five-day gathering
starting Saturday, the Pro-Life Philippines Foundation announced
its own two-day convention beginning Friday to discourage
Filipinos in the predominantly Catholic country from using
condoms and rallying them "in the fight against moral
degradation."

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