Word: bacani
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...asserted that poverty and the birthrate are indeed connected and that the government should promote "fertility-awareness education" using "modern technology" and "birth spacing." Her words seemed intentionally vague, but the church, hearing contraceptive allusions, snapped back. "I want the President to make clear what she means," said Teodoro Bacani, a bishop in Manila, adding that he was "hurt" by her remarks. Arroyo, herself a devout Catholic, quickly qualified her statements, saying that she supported "natural family planning," thereby disappointing those who hoped she would be less beholden to the church now that she's no longer seeking re-election...
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