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Inter-faith leaders unite against gambling
6 June 2006 - Saying that gambling is a "creeping evil" that should be suppressed, different religious groups led by some leaders from the Catholic Church have joined forces in condemning gambling and those who promote it.
In a statement signed by Pastors of Christian Fellowship Churches, priests of the Aglipayan Church and the Roman Catholic Church with Balanga Bishop Socrates Villegas, said that gambling destroys society.
"Gambling is like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. It endangers all of us," it said.
They claimed that people behind gambling are just taking opportunity of the gambler's weakness hoping to become rich.
"Desiring to become wealthy through gambling is sign of indolence," according to the statement.
They called on the people not to gamble, not to solicit money from politicians, and not to be afraid to report the gambling operators to Church leaders and government authorities.
"No one should ask money from politicians," the statement said. "Let us help them to be dignified and upright. To ask money from the politicians is to tempt them to commit sin."
The statement, written in Filipino, was to be read in all Churches in the Diocese of Balanga (Bataan) on Sunday, June 11.
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