Philippines defies church to push family planning

 

 

 

The predominately Catholic country has one of Asia’s fastest-growing populations together with significant levels of chronic poverty. While neighbors have accelerated towards prosperity, the Philippines has lagged.

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Philippines defies church to push family planning

Vatican Warned Irish Bishops Not To Report Abuse

 

 

 

A 1997 letter from the Vatican warned Ireland’s Catholic bishops not to report all suspected child-abuse cases to police – a disclosure that victims’ groups described as “the smoking gun” needed to show that the church enforced a worldwide culture of covering up crimes by pedophile priests.

 

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Vatican Warned Irish Bishops Not To Report Abuse