(Jes Aznar/Getty Images)The Philippines' tough-guy president-elect is turning his bare-knuckles campaign tactics on a potent adversary: the Roman Catholic Church and its opposition to artificial birth control. Roman Catholic officials in the Philippines have opposed artificial birth control and advocate only natural family-planning methods. And he is on record as cursing the pope after a papal visit to the Philippines caused massive traffic jams in Manila. Read more:Duterte government targets Philippine povertyAs Philippines picks new president, 'the Punisher' looks poised to win Rodrigo Duterte at a news conference in May in Davao City, in the Philippines.

Source: Washington Post June 27, 2016 15:51 UTC