Sanctity of Life in the Philippines

ALL LIFE IS SACRED …. Declared in the Philippines


The Cathedral of the King, Territory of Asia and all its Dioceses in the Philippines celebrated the Sanctity of Life Sunday last January 25 amidst a passionate declaration that all life is sacred. It was a wonderful and awesome proclamation that was highlighted by its strong Sunday faithful who came in black T-shirts with the words, “All Life is SACRED…CEC4Life” printed in white.

In the Cathedral of the King, elderly, adult, and child gathered for the 9:00 AM Eucharistic celebration which is televised weekly all over the nation and in many parts of North America.

“The church must speak up on this issue,” says Archbishop Loren T. Hines, DD, Primate for the territory of Asia, ICCEC. “God is the giver of life, He alone has absolute dominion over human life, and over the process by which it comes into being. The Church has the responsibility and obligation to proclaim to all the earth the sanctity of human life, the dignity of human life, and the respect that should be given to it.”

Leading the congregation in this proclamation, the Primate, together with about 50 clergymen of the Cathedral, slipped out of their liturgical vestments and into identical black T-shirts after the mass to gather outside the church building. Spread over the 50-meter (160 feet) wall of the Cathedral was a huge poster printed with identical wordings about the sanctity of life. Traffic was halted as the clergy and faithful posed before the giant streamer.

Babies were baptized not only in the Cathedral but also in other parishes, as an affirmation that their lives belong to God. Pregnant women, new-born babies and toddlers were anointed with holy oil in one parish while in another, the youth went out to distributed tracks around their community declaring the Sanctity of Life.

As of this writing, plans are being finalized to install two giant streamers, one on the Manila North Expressway and the other on the Manila South Expressway. It is the Archbishop’s desire to surround the whole city with this proclamation, even as Congress prepares to deliberate on the Reproductive Health bill, a ploy that aims to legalize abortion in the country. It is the church’s stand that no government has the right to demean the sanctity of life.

Now that God’s church has made its stance in defense of life, particularly of the innocent unborn children, judgment can commence.

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items are from between 24 Jan 2009 & 11 Jun 2009.