Guide Charice, Catholic bishops urge family

Catholic bishops are not condemning Filipino international artist Charice Pempengco for revealing that she is a lesbian. Instead, the head of the family and life unit of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) called upon her family, her friends, and the public to guide her. “In this time of her life that she is experiencing an identity crisis regarding her sexual orientation, we would rather not pre-judge her…. Let’s hope that there will be people out there that will help guide her with her sexual orientation called same-sex attraction,” Fr. Melvin Castro said. The priest also emphasized that the Church condemns only homosexual acts, not homosexuals.


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