Pope Francis meets with Italy's Pro-Life Movement
(Vatican Media)
I just pray that His Holiness or a future pope tells bishops to tell their pro-choice Catholics be they politicians or not, to stop receiving Holy Communion until they repent and go to confession and worthily receive absolution and do their penance!
Pope to Pro-Life Movement: ‘Politicians should place defense of life first'
Pope
Francis appeals to politicians to defend the lives of unborn babies as
the cornerstone of promoting the common good, in remarks to Italy’s
Pro-Life Movement on Saturday.
By Devin Watkins
Italy’s Pro-Life Movement is a network that helps women with crisis pregnancy counseling and adoption services.
Pope Francis addressed the Movement’s Board of Directors on Saturday, ahead of the 41st National Day for Life, which is celebrated on 3 February under the theme: “It’s life; it’s the future”.
“Ahead of tomorrow’s Day for Life, I take this opportunity to appeal to all politicians, regardless of their faith convictions, to treat the defense of the lives of those who are about to be born and enter into society as the cornerstone of the common good”.
A newborn child, said the Pope, brings “newness, future, and life” to society.
“Voluntarily extinguishing life in its blossoming is, in every case, a betrayal of our vocation, as well as of the pact that binds generations together, which allows us to look forward with hope,” he said.
“Their killing in huge numbers, with the endorsement of States, is a serious problem that undermines the foundations of the construction of justice, compromising the proper solution of any other human and social issue,” he said.
“Taking care of life”, he said, “requires that attention be paid to living conditions: health, education, and job opportunities. In short, it includes everything that allows a person to live in dignity.”
The Pope said every person should be involved in defending life at every level of society, carried out “in a multiplicity of actions, attentions, and initiatives”.
“When life itself is violated at its emergence, what remains is no longer the grateful and enchanted welcome of a gift, but a cold calculation of what we have and what we can use. Then even life is reduced to a one-time-use consumer good”.
But, Pope Francis said, Italy’s Pro-Life Movement draws on the Catholic faith and Church teachings to contrast these tendencies. “May the Day for Life bring a breath of fresh air and help all to work generously” to promote life.
“Where there is life, there is hope!” the Pope declared.
Italy’s Pro-Life Movement is a network that helps women with crisis pregnancy counseling and adoption services.
Pope Francis addressed the Movement’s Board of Directors on Saturday, ahead of the 41st National Day for Life, which is celebrated on 3 February under the theme: “It’s life; it’s the future”.
“Ahead of tomorrow’s Day for Life, I take this opportunity to appeal to all politicians, regardless of their faith convictions, to treat the defense of the lives of those who are about to be born and enter into society as the cornerstone of the common good”.
A newborn child, said the Pope, brings “newness, future, and life” to society.
“Voluntarily extinguishing life in its blossoming is, in every case, a betrayal of our vocation, as well as of the pact that binds generations together, which allows us to look forward with hope,” he said.
Abortion undermines justice
Pope Francis thanked Italy’s Pro-Life Movement for defending the lives of the unborn. He said they bear witness through their work that “those who have been conceived are children of the whole of society”.“Their killing in huge numbers, with the endorsement of States, is a serious problem that undermines the foundations of the construction of justice, compromising the proper solution of any other human and social issue,” he said.
Every stage of life
Pope Francis said protecting life is not a one-off action but means protecting every aspect of a person’s life.“Taking care of life”, he said, “requires that attention be paid to living conditions: health, education, and job opportunities. In short, it includes everything that allows a person to live in dignity.”
The Pope said every person should be involved in defending life at every level of society, carried out “in a multiplicity of actions, attentions, and initiatives”.
Gift from God
Life, said the Holy Father, is a gift from God for which we cannot take sole credit.“When life itself is violated at its emergence, what remains is no longer the grateful and enchanted welcome of a gift, but a cold calculation of what we have and what we can use. Then even life is reduced to a one-time-use consumer good”.
But, Pope Francis said, Italy’s Pro-Life Movement draws on the Catholic faith and Church teachings to contrast these tendencies. “May the Day for Life bring a breath of fresh air and help all to work generously” to promote life.
“Where there is life, there is hope!” the Pope declared.
8 comments:
The Abortion Party will spin this as the Pope supporting the minimum wage and more foodstamps.
it sounds like weasel words to me, , I'm waiting for CONDEMNATION, not suggestions, Francis the fluffiest pope ever
If I may, in all humility, make a suggestion to the Holy Father to deal with the physical child abuse of abortion that leads to the child's death, the Holy Father could suggest to politicians everywhere, i.e. Gov. Cuomo, that they join with the Church in rectifying the enablement of any type of child abuse, physical, abortion, sexual and other wise and repent of any past acts of omission and commission when it comes to the protection of children and offering them legal protection from the moment of conception.
He could, of course, tell bishops the place an interdict against all Catholic politicians that vote for child abuse as it concerns abortion.
The Bishop of Spokane has invoked canon 915.
https://www.dioceseofspokane.org/documents/2019/2/Abortion%20Legislation%20-%20Feb%201%202019.pdf
Fr. Mac @ 10:19...How about if the just "Repent and believe the Gospel." As of now, they are, by definition, heathens.
Modernists and the pope operate that way. You have a clear statement as a rule to show orthodoxy. But then you get the exception to the rule which in a short time becomes the rule as they press on it. That is how the Council and its liturgical document became subverted, through the exceptions. A little Latin in the liturgy? Married priests in the Amazon? Let's now here the exceptions to abortion....
Deo gratias for Holy Mother Church's holy and tremendous Culture of Life defender and promoter, His Holiness, Pope Francis.
Pope Francis has for years served as the world's most prominent pro-life advocate. He has been powerful beyond description in his defense and promotion of the Culture of Life.
May the Holy People of God continue to pray for and rally around holy, God-fearing Pope Francis — our great protector of human life.
May the Blessed Virgin Mary's powerful intercession keep Satan from Pope Francis.
Pax.
Mark Thomas
MT you sure are good at satire, but don't quit your day job
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