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The Catholic Church and Its Faith

The document discusses the influence of the Catholic Church on Filipino society, highlighting its opposition to the Rizal Law and the RH Law, which the Church views as attacks on its beliefs. Despite losing both debates, the Church remains steadfast in its opposition to government actions that conflict with its teachings. The author believes that these laws provide significant benefits, promoting education and personal choice in nurturing life.

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The Catholic Church and Its Faith

The document discusses the influence of the Catholic Church on Filipino society, highlighting its opposition to the Rizal Law and the RH Law, which the Church views as attacks on its beliefs. Despite losing both debates, the Church remains steadfast in its opposition to government actions that conflict with its teachings. The author believes that these laws provide significant benefits, promoting education and personal choice in nurturing life.

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Sablay, Kenneth Bryan M.

05-30-2020
RZL110 / B2

The Catholic Church and its faith

It is no secret that most Filipinos are a spiritually guided community, following the

values, norms and virtues that the Catholic Church has taught them ever since the Spaniards first

introduced the religion. It’s common knowledge that about 70 percent of the population are

mostly Roman Catholic, and with such a large percentage of believers, so is the power of the

Church to influence us on their mindset is as big as its population. The action of the Church,

opposing the Rizal Law, can be more closely resembled to the more recent opposition of the

Church against the RH bill.

The Church saw the Rizal Law, and the government’s action to implement it as an attack

to dogmas, practices and beliefs of the Church, and it is absolutely unnecessary and misleading

to claim that Rizal limited himself to castigating undeserved priests and refrained from

criticizing, ridiculing or questioning the Catholic Church's dogmas. As the Catholic Church sees

the Rizal Law as an attack to their dogmas and beliefs, the RH bill (now referred to as RH Law)

for the Church is an “anti-life” movement, because of their belief that all life is a blessing, and

more of it is more blessings for us, despite the fact that population numbers in our country is

growing. Both of the said debates are seen as an attack to the Church’s beliefs and faith.

Although the Church lost to both of the laws, it is clear that they won’t ever back down to issues

such as this, as they see no consequences in rapid population increase and they see nationalism

and patriotism as an opposition to their faith. Both laws “attack” different parts of the Church’s

faith, but has similarly succeeded in being implemented.


Although the Church’s belief has not been shaken, and will continue to oppose the

government’s actions whenever they see it necessary, I personally believe that the said laws are

of huge benefit to us, teaching us how our national hero saw the world, and how he left us with a

piece of himself as he went. And furthermore, attaining our right to be educated, and the choice

to nurture life the way we see it fit.

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