Rejecting Contraceptive Campaign

Ricardo Jamin Cardinal Vidal

Function: Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines

Title: Cardinal Priest of Ss Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense

Birthdate: Feb 06, 1931	Country: Philippines

Elevated: May 25, 1985	More information: www.catholic-hierarchy.org

Send a text about this cardinal »

View all articles about this cardinal »

Rejecting Contraceptive Campaign
Sept 09, 2004

Manila, Aug. 10, 2004 (CWNews.com) - Cardinal Ricardo Vidal of Cebu has written to all legislators in the Philippines, urging them to oppose an aggressive new national family-planning policy.

The cardinal argued that lay Catholics should take the lead in fighting against an effort that promotes artificial contraception. He reasoned that the best method of fighting poverty would be to provide help for impoverished families-- including help in learning to use natural techniques of family planning-- rather than putting pressure on parents to limit the number of their children.

Cardinal Vidal told the Philippine Daily Inquirer: "I will not make any imposition on anybody." However, he added: "If they are Christians, they will know how to respond."

28 READERS ONLINE

INDEX

RSS Feed

back to the first page

printer-friendly

CARDINALS

in alphabetical order

ARTICLES