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MANILA, Philippines - A PRINCE OF CHURCH AND STATE - 21 June 2005
Following are some key facts about Cardinal Jaime Sin, the driving force behind two Philippine 'People Power' revolts who died on Tuesday morning.
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Jaime Lachica Sin was born on 31 August 1928, in Aklan province on the central island of Panay, the 14th of 16 children. Ordained in 1954, he became the youngest member of the Vatican's College of Cardinals when he was made a prince of the church at the age of 47. Sin's parents were Chinese. His father, from Xiamen, settled in the Philippines and became a prosperous businessman. * Apart from orchestrating the People Power uprisings, Sin was a staunch opponent of artificial birth control. In August 1994, he mobilized hundreds of thousands of people in a rally denouncing a state policy encouraging use of condoms and pills to curb rapid population growth. His health had suffered in recent years because of impaired kidneys which required him to undergo dialysis. Rumors of his imminent death had swept the country several times.
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