Excommunication for Philippines President 'a Possibility,' Bishop States

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The president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has said there is “a possibility” of excommunication for the Philippines president if he insists that the government distribute contraceptives.

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This is turning for the worse. A protester who disrupted an inter-faith meeting at the Manila Cathedral is now turning into a poster boy for what seems to be a growing anti-Catholic sentiment in an otherwise Catholic-majority nation. Supporters for the country’s Reproductive Health Bill which seeks to introduce government funding in providing artificial birth control to many of the nation’s poor (estimated 60% of the country’s over 93 million people are under the poverty line) have rallied behind this protester.
 
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