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61. The texts of Sacred Scripture never address the question of deliberate abortion and so do not directly and specifically condemn it. But they show such great respect for the human being in the mother's womb that they require as a logical consequence that God's commandment "You shall not kill" be extended to the unborn child as well.
Human life is sacred and inviolable at every moment of existence, including the initial phase which precedes birth. All human beings, from their mothers' womb, belong to God who searches them and knows them, who forms them and knits them together with his own hands, who gazes on them when they are tiny shapeless embryos and already sees in them the adults of tomorrow whose days are numbered and whose vocation is even now written in the "book of life" (cf. Ps 139: 1, 13-16)....Throughout Christianity's two thousand year history, this same doctrine has been constantly taught by the Fathers of the Church and by her Pastors and Doctors. Even scientific and philosophical discussions about the precise moment of the infusion of the spiritual soul have never given rise to any hesitation about the moral condemnation of abortion.
62. The more recent Papal Magisterium has vigorously reaffirmed this common doctrine. Pius XI in particular, in his Encyclical Casti Connubii, rejected the specious justifications of abortion. Pius XII excluded all direct abortion, i.e., every act tending directly to destroy human life in the womb "whether such destruction is intended as an end or only as a means to an end" [Address to the Biomedical Association "San Luca" (12 November 1944)]. John XXIII reaffirmed that human life is sacred because "from its very beginning it directly involves God's creative activity" [quote from his encylical Mater et Magistra]. The Second Vatican Council, as mentioned earlier, sternly condemned abortion: "From the moment of its conception life must be guarded with the greatest care, while abortion and infanticide are unspeakable crimes" [Vatican II's Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World Gaudium et Spes, 51.]....
Given such unanimity in the doctrinal and disciplinary tradition of the Church, Paul VI was able to declare that this tradition is unchanged and unchangeable [in his encyclical Humanae Vitae, 14.]. Therefore, by the authority which Christ conferred upon Peter and his Successors, in communion with the Bishops-who on various occasions have condemned abortion and who in the aforementioned consultation, albeit dispersed throughout the world, have shown unanimous agreement concerning this doctrine-I declare that direct abortion, that is, abortion willed as an end or as a means, always constitutes a grave moral disorder, since it is the deliberate killing of an innocent human being. This doctrine is based upon the natural law and upon the written Word of God, is transmitted by the Church's Tradition and taught by the ordinary and universal Magisterium.
No circumstance, no purpose, no law whatsoever can ever make licit an act which is intrinsically illicit, since it is contrary to the Law of God which is written in every human heart, knowable by reason itself, and proclaimed by the Church.
Not to be argumentative here but doesn’t the church recognize that murder is a sin ? Just curious .....
The fruits of “theistic evolution.”
This is profound hair-splitting. By asserting that a pro-abortion position is a legitimate one because it has not been asserted infallibly is as contrived as saying that murder may be acceptable, because it is not one of the seven cardinal sins.
Heck, has even human sacrifice ever been infallibly asserted as wrong?
Thou shalt not kill. Does the Pope really need to go Ex Cathedra on that point, Father?
The deposit of faith does not just consist of doctrines that have had a specific verbal formula infallibly defined. General doctrines of faith and morals that have been taught always and everywhere in the Church are part of Sacred Tradition and must be held, as concepts, by the faithful. The sinfulness of abortion has always and everywhere been taught in the Church.
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What doesn’t this priest understand about
“Thou shalt not kill.”?
Catholic opposition to abortion and contraception is rooted in the ordinary magisterium. And THAT is infallible.
Not every infallible teaching is pronounced Ex Cathedera. For example I don’t think any Pope and the Magesterium have every made the official pronouncement that believing in the Divinity of Christ is binding on all faithful. Not because it is not but because it is part of the universal deposit of faith. The same is true of the Church’s teachings on abortion. The Church has over and over again affirmed that abortion is a sin and forbidden to Catholic faithful. Even more it is so grave a sin that indirect involvement by supporting abortion is also a sin.
This priest is a donkey’s patoot and needs a boot up his backside. What a maroon.
This is all really quite simple....neither Cokie Roberts, nor the good father....really ARE Catholic....
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We had plans to bring Cokie Roberts to our diocese to speak at a fundraiser this Spring. Once we vetted her on abortion, it took a nanosecond to decide that the discussion was over.
no ex cathedra statement yet, but coming. No doctrine is defined until violated. It is time Papa........
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Obama Says A Baby Is A Punishment
Obama: “If they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby.”
I knew Cokie was pro-choice, but not as radically so. She was "offended" by the church's stand on partial birth abortion? I'm offended by the fact that so prominent a Catholic would voice views so despicable and in complete opposition to her faith. She should be excommunicated.