Meanwhile, surveys have repeatedly shown that most Filipinos favor making contraceptives available, which is not surprising, given that the Church-approved birth-control methods mentioned by Francis are demonstrably less reliable than modern alternatives. It is hard to believe that if the Philippines had been colonized by, say, Protestant Britain rather than Catholic Spain, the use of contraception would be an issue there today.
与此同时，调查研究一再表明大部分菲律宾人愿意采取服用可以得到的避孕手段，这并不令人奇怪，因为方济各所提到的教会允许的生育控制方法没有现代化手段可靠。如果菲律宾当初是被（比如）英国新教徒而不是西班牙天主教徒殖民，很难想象时至今日使用避孕手段还会成为问题。