A former head of the social action arm of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines said the reported inclusion of condoms in the relief package given to typhoon “Tisoy” victims in Camarines Sur are improper and out of place.
“It’s not only improper it’s definitely out of place,” Caceres Archbishop Rolando Tirona said in an interview yesterday in Tagaytay City, an hour before he formally turned over the chairmanship of the CBCP National Secretariat for Social Action Justice and Peace to Kidapawan Bishop Jose Colin Bagaforo.
“Whoever did that, its bad taste,” he added.
Tirona said the inclusion of condoms in the relief package was not necessary.
“It’s like sending high heeled shoes to calamity victims,” he said.
According to a report, some families affected by Tisoy in Milaor, Camarines Sur, received relief goods with the condoms. The pack of condoms reportedly came from the local government unit.
Catholic Church leaders staunchly opposed the passage of the Reproductive Health Law, convinced that it is anti-life and family due to its promotion of artificial means of contraceptives, among others. The Church is for responsible parenthood and natural family planning.
The formal turnover of the Nassa leadership was held after the Mass presided over by Papal Nuncio to the Philippines Archbishop Gabriele Caccia and concelebrated by Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila. (Leslie Aquino)
