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Volume 3 Issue 6 First in Time, First in Right June 2011
Unraveling
the simple and obedient
faith of Manny Pacquiao
Witnessing, Pacquiao-style;
marked by gems of wisdom
I'm not a boxing fan. I don't relish fights—cock
fights, dog fights, horse fights, salagubang fights—least
of all people fights. So I'm not into boxing, really. But
it's not everyday one gets the chance to shake hands with
a boxer—a world champion at that—who makes the
sign of the cross and kisses the rosary before entering
the boxing ring. In fact, his posters depict him with arms
raised in victory, and proudly wearing a rosary around
his neck—so proudly that I'd wish certain priests would
do the same with their Roman collar.
So when Manny Pacquiao's path and mine crossed in
Davao, I gladly accepted his agent's invitation for me to
meet him. My hosts insisted that Pacquiao—or any
world champion for that matter—would make good
copy anytime. And they're right.
But I wasn't interested in Pacquiao's being a boxer per
se, or in his being material for a good story, curious
though I was of what makes this diminutive Filipino
such a giant in his chosen career. My intent was more
Manny’s customary poise "devilish." I was after his soul, so to speak. I aimed to
probe his psyche. Why the rosary? Did this world boxing
upon entering the ring. On champion know that he's sort of serving the Church by
his knees in prayer is his his devotion to it, wearing it in his posters for all the
picture-perfect way of world to see? Or is the rosary something of an amulet
for him? I was just curious, dead curious.
witnessing to the world And so we met. I was rather disappointed that his
watching his fights - where handshake was not bone-crushing at all, but a very gen-
his true power originates tle, almost shy one, like his smile. I had also expected
him to be somehow image conscious, taking care what
and how far his obedient to say to media people, after all he's undoubtedly a celeb-
faith has taken him. rity's celebrity now, the Philippines' prime export. But
From the Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist, May 24, 2011, Feast of Mary Help of Christians.
+SOCRATES B. VILLEGAS, Archbishop of Lingayen/Dagupan
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Shooting Straight
Former health secretary:
Contraceptives cause Cancer
The ripple effect of the that moment what born.
“Harapan” debate by ABS- you should say.” Incidentally friends emailed me
One such the statistics on the Harapan or
CBN last Sunday continues to
truth was re- ABS-CBN survey that the Short
spread throughout the country, vealed by no Message Service (SMS) voting had a
not only because that show less than pro total of 6, 356 respondents or
proved to many of us that the RH former 30,42% voted for “Ipasa” or voted
Filipino people do not support By Bobit S. Avila Health Secre- to support the RH bill, while a
the Reproductive Health (RH) Philippine Star tary Dr. whooping 14,535 respondents or
Esperanza 69.58% voted for “Ibasura” or
Bill, but also in the heat of that voted against the passing of the RH
Cabral who in debating with Rep.
debate, certain truths were re- Roilo Golez admitted that contra- bill. This brings a total of 20,891
vealed. ceptives cause breast cancer, but she responding to the ABS-CBN sur-
This brings me to what our Lord qualified it by saying, “it lessens the vey.
Jesus Christ said in Luke 12: 11-13: risk of ovarian cancer.” As we pointed out clearly, these
“When they bring you before the Syna- This brought a retort from Rep. figures only proves that between the
gogues and the Rulers and the Authorities, Golez who said, “What good is the ABS-CBN surveys which totaled
do not worry about how or what you are to cure of ovarian cancer if you are 20,891 respondents and the SWS
speak in your defense, or what you are to already dead of breast cancer. It Surveys collated from 1,200 respon-
say. For the Holy Spirit will teach you at sounds funny but it is horrifying to dents.
know you are taking in what will The ABS-CBN “Harapan” sur-
eventually kill you?” vey on whether the Filipino people
I have no doubt that this ex- support the RH Bill or not was un-
change was prompted by the Holy doubtedly a more accurate sampling
Spirit... and I’m sure that Dr. Cabral about this issue. Hence SWS ought
must be in remorse for admitting to reconfigure their so-called
this on nationwide TV. “Scientific survey” which suppos-
In her time, Dr. Cabral’s sup- edly showed that 80% of Filipinos
ported the RH bill and she openly support the RH Bill.
supported the use of artificial con- Incidentally the bottom line why
traception, which the pro-life President PNoy is supporting the
NEXT ISSUE: groups say is abortifacient. RH bill is simply because he is kow-
Her public revelation only shows towing to US Foreign policy when
A SPECIAL FEATURE WILL that she is willing to kill the unborn, he got our $454 Millennium Fund.
EXPLAIN HOW THE PILL or allow mothers to take the risk of There were American strings at-
KILLS: getting breast cancer when she asks tached to that aid and the most im-
them to take contraceptives. portant to the Americans is our
1. BABIES
Perhaps Dr. Cabral should take a passing the RH Bill.
2. WOMEN second look at her Hippocratic
3. THE ENVIRONMENT Oath because doctors of medicine CABRAL, CANCER LIVE ON TV
4. MARRIAGES are supposed to protect life, not ter- www.youtube.com/watch?
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Your initiation into NSSM 200
What’s really behind today’s
widespread peoples’ unrest?
Tunisia was first to explode, then Egypt. Now it is all over the Arab world!
People Power, of course, was born in the and was completing the first nucler power
Philippines in February of 1986, but was plant in Asia.
loudly spun as a rebellion against authoritarian To an objective observer, these were posi-
Ferdinand Marcos, whose martial law regime tive gains of a third-world country for its own
was greatly accused by gross human rights national interest and prosperity. To neo-
violations. conservatives, these were threats of a country
While that carried some truth to it, the real gaining economic independence and imminent
cause of Marcos’ political collapse was a de- withdrawal from import dependency.
liberate inducement of an economic collapse Again, as in Tunisia as well as Egypt, the
dealt through a gradual withdrawal of support youth advocacy and the power of the internet
by neo-conservatives led by powerful US Sec- are being bruited as what sparked the street
retary of State George Schultz and World protests. Nothing about an ongoing food crisis
Bank president Paul Wolfowitch acting in be- is being highlighted by mainstream media.
half of their Anglo-Dutch patrons. But we are going ahead of our story.
Marcos fell out of their graces because The following is an article by Marcia Merry Baker
having not come from the ranks of oligarchs, of the Economic Intelligence Review tracing further
back the beginnings of the root causes of today’s fast
he checked their monopolistic practices and spreading people’s unrests.
and divested some of them when he national- While the U.S. Midwest corn and soybean harvests
ize some industries. Subsequently, many of were coming in the fall of 1995, the U.S. rail freight
them left the country. system broke down. After years of financial mergers,
On top of that, he copied the “green” asset stripping, and rail track removal, such companies
revolution inspired by Norman Borlaugh and as Union Pacific, which are considered to be financial
"successes," failed miserably on the economic front,
succeeded with it, and last but not least, he and could not even supply engines to move the grain
pioneered in the use of nuclear power in Asia cars. Millions of bushels of grain are sitting, rotting on
Various discussants help animate discussions: Father Peter Jaroz emphasized on connecting with the source
of creation for empowerment. Maribel Santos rallied for a sense of personal sacrifice for the cause of life.
Margie Hermano crystallized programs and activities. Ray Pinggoy, with some assistance from his growing
son, encouraged working together, and Ado Paglinawan laid righteous indignation as biblical basis for de-
veloping a pro-life passion. No photos here but Manny Hermano called for higher holiness and as the foun-
dation of all pro-life work, and Mary Grace Pinggoy gave a landscape of how purity can inflame especially
the youth into living a life of witness.
DEFENDING LIFE—Following the appointment of Manny and Margie Hermano as head of the
CFCFFL National ProLife Ministry, a planning session was called in Naperville, IL last March 25,
2011. The following areas were represented: WASHINGTON STATE Bill and Maribel Santos, CALI-
FORNIA Francis Warque and Raque Alayon, LAS VEGAS Grace Hill, INDIANA Ray and Au Manaloto,
MINNESOTA Jane Manalo, WISCONSIN Rene and Jona Rillorta, MICHIGAN Bong and Dang Sabol-
boro, KENTUCKY Erwin and Michelle Banzon, OHIO Bong and Maricor Gines of Cleveland, Bong and
Stef Patag of Cincinnati , TEXAS Nigel and Jojo Birondo of Dallas, Tony and Precy Villamayor of
Houston, NEW JERSEY Rey and Juliet Escalon, Bombet and Cynthis Demetillo, NEW YORK Ito
Zamora, WASHINGTON DC/MARYLAND/VIRGINIA Ado Paglinawan and ILLINOIS JJ and Pen Ca-
banos, Celso and Salve Alikpala. The service team was of course led by Manny and Margie Her-
mano, Orland and Menchie Dizon, and Ray and Mary Grace Pinggoy.
visibility of the local CFCFFL covers issues involving attacks a woman’s vocation, and re-
area is also advised especially in against life, namely abortion, definition of the family, por-
40 Days for Life vigils and the contraception, sterilization and nography, prostitution, sexual
Annual March for Life. population control. permissiveness, substance
Parish collaboration can also It is also expected to gaced abuse and other forms of ad-
be enhanced with CFCFFL off against violations against diction, eradication of religion,
members becoming active in the integrity of life, namely: consumerism and secular hu-
pro-life committees. embryonic stem cell research, manism.
Areas with large member- human cloning, in-vitro fertili- Violations against the dig-
ships can also expand by spon- zation, homosexual acts and nity of life are also covered:
soring natural family planning radical feminism, moral relativ- domestic violence, war, capio-
(NFP), Live Pure seminars and ism, premature and sans mo- tal punishment and euthanasia.
healing intervention in their rality sex education, divorce, The participants are now
dioceses. abolition of parental rights, expected to devolve their
CFCFFL pro-life advocacy eradication of motherhood as learnings in their areas.
Openness to the gift of children 3, 1979, the Holy Father emphasized that conjugal
Limerick, Ireland, September 1, 1979 love involved a totality of self-giving. He said:
"And here, I want to say a very special word to all Irish "It aims at a deeply personal unity, the unity that, beyond
parents. Marriage must include openness to the gift of children. union in one flesh, leads to forming one heart and one soul; it
Generous openness to accept children from God as the gift to demands indissolubility in faithfulness in definitive mutual giv-
their love is the mark of the Christian couple. Respect the God- ing; and it is open to fertility (cf. HV 9).
given cycle of life, for this respect is part of our respect for God God's grace is powerful
himself, who created male and female, who created them in his June 7, 1980, to a group of Indonesian Bishops, His
own image, reflecting his own life-giving love in the patterns of Holiness said:
their sexual being." "In the question of the Church's teaching on the regulation
Ratifying Pope Paul VI's teaching of birth we are called to profess in union with the whole Church
October 8, 1979, To the bishops of the Episcopal the exigent but uplifting teaching recorded in the Encyclical
Conference of the U.S. at Chicago Humanae vitae, which my Predecessor Paul VI put forth 'by
"In exalting the beauty of marriage you rightly spoke against virtue of the mandate entrusted to us by Christ' (AAS 60,
both the ideology of contraception and contraceptive acts, as did 1968, p.485). Particularly in this regard we must be conscious
the encyclical Humanae vitae. And I myself today, with the of the fact that God's wisdom supercedes human calculation
same conviction of Paul VI, ratify the teaching of this encyclical, and His grace is powerful in people's lives…Contraception is to
which was put forth by my Predecessor by virtue of the mandate be judged objectively so illicit," said the Pope, "that it can
entrusted to us by Christ" (AAS, 60, 1968, p.485, Origins, never, for any reason be justified."
Oct. 18, 1979). Contraception leads to falsification
Indissoluble; open to fertility November 5, 1981, In the Apostolic Exhortation Fa-
November 3, 1979, Speaking to a French group Nov. miliaris Consortio, on the role of the family in the
modern world:
A Beautiful Story
Lila Rose is up to something
If you work in the pro-life movement, you likely have faced the nagging question
of how can I, one little person, really stand up to big abortion? By all appearances,
that question simply does not register with California native Lila Rose. In just three
years, she has perhaps done more to expose the abortion industry’s dirty little secrets
than most of us have over the last 30 years.
Lila Rose is a 21-year-old senior majoring in history at the University of California
at Los Angeles. Self-effacing and modest, she describes herself as an ordinary girl
who loves good books and a steady diet of cold cereal.
REPRINT
post-traumatic stress disorder. Lila Rose and Margi Paglinawan
This project exposes the false medical share a moment at the Valen-
information given by Planned Parent- tine’s Day vigil in Washington DC
hood and its doctors to women who
ask about the development of their last February. Live Action,and
preborn child. CFCFFL, Susan B. Anthony List
“Watch the video currently (Marjorie Dannenfelser),40 Days
running on our web site,” Lila said.
for Life (David Bereit), Student for
“We sent ‘Sarah’ to a Planned
Parenthood abortion clinic in Life of America (Krista Hawkins)
Appleton, Wisconsin. On the tape, and many other advocacy groups
you see and hear that she is clearly have formed a coalition to Expose
lied to [regarding] when the heartbeat
of a baby begins, as the clinic and Defund Planned Parenthood.