Posted on 09/22/2017 4:43:03 PM PDT by marshmallow
A conference sponsored by two pontifical academies embraced a kind of environmental determinism that looks at human reproduction as a mere bio-technical issue.
A papal commission is reviewing Humanae Vitae ahead of its 50th anniversary in 2018. Some worry the commission is part of a conspiracy to change the teaching of the Church on spousal love and procreation. Its hard to say.
On the positive side, a review of Blessed Paul VIs final encyclical could clear away many misconceptions about the magisterial teaching on the transmission of life, chief among them the notion that the Church should sanction population control to stop climate change and achieve sustainable development. A clarification on this subject is urgent because of the rapid resurgence of aggressive population control policies in Asia and Africa.
The Church has always emphasized the autonomy of spouses in all matters pertaining to procreation vis-a-vis the state. The magisterium has never sanctioned governments orienting or directing procreative decisions that are exclusively reserved to spouses.
Concern over the direction of the Magisterium in this area cannot be ruled out as speculative. Recent events at the Pontifical Academies for Science (PAS) and the Social Sciences (PASS) have created ambiguity in this area, and Archbishop Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo, chancellor of the academies, voiced these very views in a letter published by First Things.
You will be aware that there are methods of regulating births and of population control that are approved by the Church, Archbishop Sanchez Sorondo wrote in reply to my criticism when Jeffrey Sachs was honored by the Vatican academies two years ago. Sachs is a Columbia University economist who has spearheaded a neo-Malthusian revival in academia and at the United Nations, warning of humanity trespassing planetary boundaries, and writing that abortion is a low-cost solution to the problem of unwanted.........
(Excerpt) Read more at catholicworldreport.com ...
It became extinct!
The liberals running the church want abortion,birth control and STERILIZATION against the world’s poor..They are trying to figure out how to sell it to Neanderthal Catholics who actually believe in the bible and words of Christ....
Seeing a Pope Francis appointee going for the microphone is like seeing a 3-year-old going for a fillet knife. You know something dreadful is going to happen.
What Happened at the Vatican...
The False Prophet happened!!!
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