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Posted on 09/28/2006 4:24:00 PM PDT by wagglebee
VATICAN CITY, September 28, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In an address to the new German ambassador to the Vatican today, Pope Benedict XVI expressed concern about his native country's legal stance on abortion and homosexual civil unions.
The Pope spoke of the "protection of marriage and the family" noting that "legislation proposed by the government introducing new forms of marital unions that depart from the natural family unit" threaten to undermine it.
Benedict lamented the "totally unjustifiable abortions that continue to claim the lives of many innocent unborn children." He added, they "remain a painful concern for the Holy See and of the whole church."
He hoped that "the present debates over late-term abortion that is going on now, can impress upon responsible politicians the awareness that expected problems of disability of an unborn child cannot be a valid justifiable reason for interrupting a pregnancy." The Pope noted "the life of a disabled child is just as valuable and wanted by God." Moreover he said that "life on earth can never and for nobody offer a guarantee of life without bodily, mental or spiritual limitations."
The Catholic Church, promised the Pope, will "never cease" to warn nations of the "ethical problems of embryonic stem cell research."
See the full speech (in German):
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/speeches/2006...
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If he'd said otherwise, I'd be forced to walk!
What does the Pope think about "spontaneous abortions" or "miscarriages"?
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Take a guess. What do YOU think he thinks?
What an odd question.
Is there some point you wish to make, or are you just laying bait?
My daughter was a cleft palate. In Great Britain last year, there was a case of the government allowing abortion of these children. In the USA, Clinton considered abortion of these kids justified.
I won't try to fool anyone and not say we were thrown for a loop when we had to deal with her birth defect. BUT we had excellent doctors and counselors, and she is now a beautiful, happily married college graduate, and she is one of the great joys of our lives.
The Pope is right.
People die naturally from getting struck by lightning. Therefore I should be able to electrocute anyone I want.
I didn't know that, Miss Marple. God bless you and your entire family as well as our Pope. Life is a miracle and our Pope, like God, values each life.
"What does the Pope think about "spontaneous abortions" or "miscarriages"?
People die naturally from getting struck by lightning. Therefore I should be able to electrocute anyone I want."
Fetuses are persons, just not born yet.
Answer: b
Sometimes I read a comment so mind boggling silly that "reductio ad absurdum" is the only recourse.
Good to see this. Very tender to my heart since I have a Downs Syndrome grandson!
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