Presedent Rodrigo Duterte - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 10 Mar 2022 06:28:22 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Presedent Rodrigo Duterte - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Philippines raise age of consent from 12 to 16 https://cathnews.co.nz/2022/03/10/philippines-raises-age-of-consent-from-12-to-16/ Thu, 10 Mar 2022 06:53:36 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=144527 Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a bill that raises the age of consent from 12 to 16 years old in a move aimed at protecting minors from sexual abuse and rape. According to the gender-neutral bill, any adult having sex with anyone under 16 years old would be guilty of statutory rape. Read more

Philippines raise age of consent from 12 to 16... Read more]]> Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a bill that raises the age of consent from 12 to 16 years old in a move aimed at protecting minors from sexual abuse and rape.

According to the gender-neutral bill, any adult having sex with anyone under 16 years old would be guilty of statutory rape.

Statutory rape automatically makes the offender guilty by reason of the victim's age, which makes them incapable of giving consent.

"By raising the age to 16, it means those below 16 years of age are not yet capable of giving their consent when they have sex. Thus, the presumption is that the child is raped," lawyer Wesley Young told UCA News.

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Philippines raise age of consent from 12 to 16]]> 144527 Bishops push Filipinos to cast Catholic vote https://cathnews.co.nz/2019/03/28/duterte-filipinos-catholic-vote/ Thu, 28 Mar 2019 06:53:20 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=116374 President Rodrigo Duterte's attacks against God, the Church and its bishops are driving Filipino Catholics to cast votes for candidates not allied with the administration. Duterte earlier drew flak for calling God "stupid", for cursing at Pope Francis and for issuing death threats against Roman Catholic bishops who allegedly plotted to oust him. By attacking Read more

Bishops push Filipinos to cast Catholic vote... Read more]]> President Rodrigo Duterte's attacks against God, the Church and its bishops are driving Filipino Catholics to cast votes for candidates not allied with the administration.

Duterte earlier drew flak for calling God "stupid", for cursing at Pope Francis and for issuing death threats against Roman Catholic bishops who allegedly plotted to oust him.

By attacking God and Jesus Christ, the Filipinos' identity of being molded by faith and values is also being attacked by the President. Read more

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