'Divorce law won't make divorce moral'

By Gabriel L. Cardinoza

May 29, 2024 12:09 am

DAGUPAN CITY — Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas said on Tuesday that the Catholic Church cannot support the bill legalizing divorce in the country because 'it makes legal what to us is a transgression of Christ's sovereign will.'

'The existence of a divorce law will not render divorce a moral option for Catholics for whom it will always remain contrary to the Gospel and to the constant teaching of the Church,' said Villegas in a pastoral letter posted in his social media page on Tuesday.

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