{"id":96965,"date":"2017-04-05T05:59:43","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T09:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=96965"},"modified":"2017-04-05T05:59:43","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T09:59:43","slug":"bishop-divorce-not-a-solution-to-extramarital-affairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/04\/05\/bishop-divorce-not-a-solution-to-extramarital-affairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishop: Divorce not a solution to extramarital affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Following House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez\u2019 revelation of his extramarital affairs, Gabriela Representative Arlene Brosas filed House Bill No.2380 which calls for the Philippines to have its own divorce bill. <\/span><\/p>\n

However, this doesn\u2019t come well to the Catholic leaders who head the biggest religious institution in the country. <\/span><\/p>\n

According to Balanga bishop and Catholic Bishops\u2019 Conference of the Philippines\u2019 (CBCP) Episcopal Commission for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People Ruperto Santos, divorce is not the solution to extramarital affairs. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDivorce is not a solution to an extramarital affair. Nor is extramarital affair an excuse for divorce. An extramarital affair is cheating,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is infidelity, breaking one\u2019s trust and marital vow, and a grievous sin. Plain and simple. Even a criminal offense.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He added that legalizing divorce will only lead to the further destruction of the family as an institution and that what the country needed is to protect the stability and sanctity of marriage.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDivorce will only enhance the separation and destruction of the family.\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fellow \u00a0bishop Arturo Bastes of Sorsogon agreed by saying that divorce is \u201cone of the greatest evils in modern society that destroys the heart and essence of the the family, the fundamental unit of human society willed by God and nature.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cRight now we have the honor and glory of being the country following the command of our Lord: Keeping the indissolubility of marriage – a dogma of the Church.\u201d he said. <\/span><\/p>\n

Bastes is the chair of the CBCP\u2019s Episcopal Commission on Missions.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is not the first attempt of lawmakers to call for the legalization of divorce in the country. Albay Representative Edcel Lagman had filed a divorce bill last year. He contended that creating and enforcing a divorce law in the country would provide \u201ca merciful liberation of the hapless wife from a long-dead marriage.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Although the fate of legalizing divorce is still in the works, the Philippine law provides two options to address marriages; legal separation and annulment. These options, however, do not cover domestic violence as ground to end the marriage between two parties and it is not available to the general population of the country as the litigation process can cost at least P150,000.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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