New law points to Philippine church's waning sway

Thursday, January 3, 2013 - 21:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Twenty-six years after Roman Catholic leaders helped his mother marshal millions of Filipinos in an uprising that ousted a dictator, President Benigno Aquino III picked a fight with the church over contraceptives and won a victory that bared the bishops' worst nightmare: They no longer sway the masses....

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