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First, see the email correspondence:

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This was the orig email I got. Quasi is former DOH Sec Dr. Quasi Romualdez. Ben
is Ben de Leon, Pop Com Commissioner.
- Beth Angsioco
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From: Ben De Leon
Date: Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 5:51 PM
Subject: Fw: Communion and RH
Dr. Quasi Romualdez emailed the attached letter to me enclosing "Announcement Be
fore Communion" by the Parich Pastoral council of Sanctuario de San Jose, Greenh
ills. In my view, this is pure and simple bigotry. It is absurd, unreasonable an
d cruel. The council has no monopoly of "good manners and right conduct". Please
pass it to our friends in the media.
Ben de Leon
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Dear Ben,
The attached letter said to be issued by the parish priest of
Santuario de San Jose in Green Hills was disseminated to my Ateneo
classmates by former Popcom Commissioner and Opus Dei adherent Lito
Sandejas.
Kindly circulate to our Catholics4RH colleagues for their strict compliance.
QUASI
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ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE COMMUNION


In faithfulness to the call of the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, His Eminence G
audencio Cardinal Rosales, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (C
BCP), the Parish Pastoral Council of Sanctuario de San Jose would like to implor
e all parishioners to reject the RH Bill recently approved by the Lower House on
the grounds it is not only unconstitutional and ineffective but immoral and evi
l.
In this connection, we would like to advise parishioners who promote or support
the RH Bill NOT (repeat NOT) to receive Holy Communion until they go to Sacramen
tal Confession and renounce the RH Bill. The Holy Eucharist is the Sacrament of
all Sacraments where Jesus Christ, the Son of God and Our Lord and Savior is pr
esent in his true body and blood, his true humanity and divinity. The Church fo
rbids receiving Holy Communion if we are not in a state of grace, meaning we hav
e not committed a mortal sin. Because the RH Bill is inherently immoral and evi
l, recommending, supporting, defending, promoting and practicing its provisions
and tenets constitute a mortal sin against many of the 10 commandments.
While we realize this admonition may be received with some controversy, we wish
to clarify this is not a condemnation of sinners, but a condemnation of sins and
a call to the sacrament of reconciliation.
Disobedience to the Pope, represented by our Cardinals, Bishops and Priests, is
disobedience to God. If you are uncertain about the reasons for why the Church
opposes the RH Bill, we implore you to attend talks organized by your parish, re
ad and study the bill, the 1987 Constitution where we implore the aid of our alm
ighty God and commit to protect the sanctity of life, Humana Vitae, the 1968 Enc
yclical of Pope Paul VI, the Bible and other good books we will make available f
or sale outside the church. The duty and responsibility for educating our chil
dren lies not in the school but in the home, which is the first school, so it is
incumbent upon parents to be well-informed so they can form their own children.

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