CBCP to issue guidelines for Catholic voters

THE Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines will release its guidelines for Catholic voters on how to choose their candidates in the 2010 elections.

Fr. Melvin Castro, CBCP’s Episcopal Commission on Family and Life executive secretary, said the guidelines, which will stress family and life issues, will be launched November 30.

“We believe it is necessary for our voters to be guided by the Church through the Commission on Family and Life,” Castro said.

He admitted the guidelines will deal with the controversial Reproductive Health bill in Congress, which the Catholic Church had tried to block.

Castro said the initiative is aimed at ensuring that the voters, especially the young ones, would choose the right candidates who will lead the nation.

The guidelines will be formally launched at a national gathering of the ECFL’s directors and lay coordinators on Nov. 30 at the St. Michael Retreat House in Antipolo City.

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