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To: Antoninus
Hurl alert.

From the CFFC website: Will I be excommunicated if I have an abortion?

The official Canon Law of the church at the present time states that anyone who commits the sin of abortion automatically excommunicates herself from the church. To commit the sin of abortion, you have to think that an abortion in your case, with all the circumstances of your life and your pregnancy, is a sin against God. You then have to decide that you are going to do it anyway, thus going against your conscience.

The Catholic church officially teaches that the conscience of an individual is supreme. If you carefully examine your conscience and then decide that an abortion is the most moral act you can do at this time, you are not committing a sin. Therefore, you are not excommunicated. Nor need you tell it in confession since, in your case, abortion is not a sin.

The "Liturgy for Seeking Wisdom" on the same page may be the most ludicrous thing I've ever seen.

13 posted on 05/31/2002 11:18:49 AM PDT by Bohemund
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To: Bohemund
The Catholic church officially teaches that the conscience of an individual is supreme.

This is not true. It is not even anywhere close to the mark. The conscience must be ordered according to the teaching of the Church and if it stands in opposition to the Church, it is simply wrong and cannot be used to negate sin. Abortion, theft, lies, adultery and such things are intrinsic evils and canot be made good by ANY means, sophistry, machination or lame excuse.
15 posted on 05/31/2002 11:28:32 AM PDT by Thorondir
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To: Bohemund
I guess stripper mom would be vindicated (to them) then.
31 posted on 05/31/2002 4:51:24 PM PDT by stands2reason
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