Philippine bishop backs bill criminalizing child marriage
November 23, 2020
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CWN Editor's Note: Bishop Rex Andrew Alarcon of Daet, chairman of the Episcopal Commission on Youth, praised the Girls not Brides Act, which passed the Senate unanimously, and bans marriage under the age of 18.
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