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Bishops on aerial spraying: Immoral
DAVAO CITY, Philippines—Immoral.
This was how four of the highest ranking leaders of the Catholic Church described aerial spraying in banana plantations in a letter demanding a stop to the practice.
The letter, addressed to the Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association (PBGEA), said aside from being immoral, aerial spraying “infringes upon human health and dignity.”
“We are one with all affected people in Mindanao in working for their deliverance from this immoral practice,” said the letter, signed by Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Rosales, Auxiliary Manila Bishops Broderick Pabillo and Bernardino Cortez and Caloocan Bishop Deogracias Yńiguez.
“We cannot allow their suffering to go any longer.”
“We appeal to the goodness and wisdom of your hearts to value the dignity of life and the integrity of creation over and above corporate gains and profit targets,” said the letter addressed to Stephen Antig, PBGEA executive director.
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