Politics over religionSanchez lamented that Aquino seemed to be giving greater priority to politics instead of religion.
“He is now losing his popularity. He has no firm idea on marriage. It is too much politics now and no longer religion. (His) mother (the late former president Corazon Aquino) and her sisters have more faith than him," he said.
As Aquino loses public support, Sanchez said Congress would probably fail in passing the controversial bill.
Aquino's popularity had dipped in recent months, according to surveys by pollsters Pulse Asia and Social Weather Stations.
Non-Christian legislatorsSanchez admitted it may be difficult to convince lawmakers to side with the Church on the RH and RP bills because many legislators are non-Christians.
He cited Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman, the proponent of the RH bill, who studied in Russia, which has a communist form of government.
Sanchez said Lagman was “affected totally by the communist way of looking at things."
Protecting Catholic doctrineEarlier, Sanchez, who has served in Rome for a long time, said he returned to the Philippines to help ward off the “tendencies that threaten to destroy the Catholic Church," including the RH bill.
“I did not come here to fight the RH Bill; I came here to protect the Catholic doctrine ... (The RH bill) is insignificant as far as the problems of the world are concerned. But I’m happy that it is being faced seriously by the Philippine Church," he said.
“The world is changing, and the evil doesn’t stop. I hope the Philippines will remain a Christian country. But I know the [Filipino] Christians are not sleeping, they keep on fighting," he said. - VVP, GMA News
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