Republic Act 1425 started on June 12, 1956. Senate Bill 438 known as Rizal Bill which was first authored and sponsored by Senator Claro M. Recto. The bill requires the inclusion in the curricula of Rizal’s life, works and writings in all public and private schools, colleges and universities and the significant novels of Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, Republic Act 1425 must be considered as one of the most controversial bills in the Philippines. Before the bill was approved and signed into law for implementation in all schools it was brought to the Senate and House of Representative for discussions. But what made it debatable is that the bill was not just vehemently contradicted by some of the legislators but also by the Roman Catholic Church due to the inclusion of that it is a mandatory reading of Rizal's novels in which according to them, Catholic dogmas were mortified. R.A. 1425 undergone the usual process as such senator Recto brought the bill to the Senate, and Senator Jose B. Laurel Sr. who was then the Chairman of the Committee on Education sponsored the bill that consequently led to an exchange of views of both houses. The bill was opposed by three senators namely Senator Mariano Cuenco Senator Francisco Rodrigo who was a former Catholic Action President, and Senator Decoroso Rosales who was the brother of Julio Rosales, an archbishop. Other oppositions were from Lower House namely ‘Congressmen Ramon Durano, Marciano Lim, Manuel Soza, Godofredo Ramos, Miguel Cuenco, Jose Nuguid, Lucas Paredes, Tecia San Andres Ziga, and Congressmen Carmen Consing. The Catholic Church, however, was indirectly included in the debates but played a significant role. The church battle against Rizal Bill was Legion of Mary, the Holy Name Society of the Philippines, Catholic Action of the Philippines, Daughters of Isabela, and Knights of Columbus. Oppositions assert that the bill would go against freedom of religion and conscience, where a pastoral letter from the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) to which accordingly, such bill is a violation of 1939 Canon Law which prohibits books that attack the Catholic doctrine and practices. The opposition argued that among the 333 pages of Noli Me Tangere, only 25 passages were nationalistic while 120 passages are anti-Catholic. Scrutiny of the two novels by some members of Catholic hierarchical oberved Noli Me Tangere with 170 readings and El Filibusterismo 50 passages are against the Catholic faith. Furthermore, opposition pointed out that Rizal admitted that he did not only attack the friars who acted deceptively on the Filipinos but also the