Did the Pope's statement about condom use in exceptional cases show that he's changed his mind about them? Is the CBCP defying the Vatican by denouncing the Reproductive Health Bill in spite of the Pope's pronouncement? Between the CBCP and the Vatican, which organization is more bigoted? These questions are answered once and for all by the Vatican's recent efforts at the 2011 High Level Meeting on AIDS.
Attention fellow heathens, blasphemers, filibusters, fornicators, teroristas, and Nazis of all colors! If you don't have any plans for this Sunday evening, you might want to take a look at ABS-CBN's upcoming HARAPAN debate.
Whatever the CBCP decides, excommunication is their call -- the Vatican's, to be more precise. But consider this: If indirectly causing an abortion is grounds for excommunication, then the CBCP should excommunicate themselves first.