Jong Atmosfera

The overwhelming majority in the Pontifical Commission on Birth Control concluded that artificial birth control did not violate the Church’s teachings, and that Catholic couples should decide for themselves what methods to use. However, a Jesuit theologian wrote a dissenting report.

In debates and discussions contenders often cite authority to support their assertions. In some cases citing authority is the strongest strategy while in others it is the weakest.

"We, the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the aid of Almighty God..."

When citizens and politicians start publicly opposing the Church on an issue as serious to the Catholic doctrine as contraception, one cannot help but imagine that the Age of Reason is finally coming to our country.

After emotions have sizzled down a bit from all the excitement about excommunication and Damaso, one sobers up to the proposed budget for family planning: P280 million for pills, P100 million for injectibles, and P8 million for condom for a total of P400 million.

"Your teachings go against the grain of biology...Excommunicate? Go ahead. My God understands my biological needs because I am His creation."

Out on a P6,000 bail, Carlos Celdran is facing charges on "offending religious feelings" under Article 133 of the Revised Penal...

med·dle: to interest oneself in what is not one's concern : interfere without right or propriety

"Our bodies break down, sometimes when we're 90, sometimes before we're even born, but it always happens and there's never any dignity in it. I don't care if you can walk, see, wipe your own ass. It's always ugly - always! We can live with dignity - we can't die with it." - House, MD