Even back when I was still a very spiritual person I already had some reservations regarding prayer. Well I did sometimes pray to ask God for things, but deep inside I somehow figured that if God is good and he already knows what's good - what's best - for me, I'd rather tell him, "Your will be done" and use prayer as an expression of my overflowing gratitude for all the blessings.
A few days ago the CBCP issued a statement exhorting the proposed bills on sex education and reproductive health, saying that "the foundation of the moral society is a central religious truth" and that "to disregard moral and religious truths...is to be defenseless to the onslaught of corruption."