BY MINYONG ORDOÑEZ
I THANK Manny Pacquiao for fighting for the life of the unborn. With Lea Salonga on the opposing side, Manny is heaven sent.
Manny didn’t pore over Humanae Vitae or Blessed John Paul II’s Theology of the Body. Nor does he possess the erudition of our famous Jesuit theologian Fr. Catalino Arevalo, S.J., or the brilliance of Fr. Joaquin Bernas, S.J., priest-lawyer, constitutionalist, and columnist who can rationalize the nuanced provisions of the controversial (Reproductive Health) RH Birth Control Bill.
What Manny brings to life is his primeval instinct. A reverence for life that’s divine-authored. A primeval instinct which Pope Benedict XVI asserts as “written in the hearts of man.” Manny lives it.
Manny Pacquiao and Lea Salonga are two of our one-in-a-million iconic symbols of pride in the Filipino race. Both make good copy. But look how different their attitudes in life are.
