Polish Cardinal, Former Secretary to Pope JPII: Politicians, Like Pilate, Kill the Truth-Unborn

http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/apr/09042109.html ^ | Tuesday April 21, 2009 | Thaddeus M. Baklinski

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Tuesday April 21, 2009

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Polish Cardinal, Former Secretary to Pope JPII: Politicians, Like Pilate, Kill the Truth of the Life of the Unborn

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski

KRAKOW, Poland, April 21, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - During his Good Friday homily at Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, a Marian pilgrimage site near Krakow and home to a live dramatization of the Passion of Christ, Archbishop of Krakow Stanis?aw Cardinal Dziwisz called on the over 150,000 faithful present to show courage and speak the truth in defense of the dignity of human life.

The Cardinal condemned abortion, euthanasia, common-law marriage, homosexual unions and in vitro fertilization.

Speaking to the thousands gathered for the Good Friday service around the Kalwaria Zebrzydowska monastery, Cardinal Dziwisz said that the attitude of Pilate, who knew the truth, but still condemned an innocent man, is still present in the political and social life of Poland.

"Self-interested politicians are like Pilate," the Cardinal said.

"They kill the truth, fearing the loss of their jobs. They kill the truth about the conceived life of the child in the womb, supposedly claiming it was not even human life. They kill the truth about the sanctity of human life and dignity of the sick and old, saying it was no longer human life. They kill the truth about marriage as an indissoluble communion of man and woman, allowing for divorce and so-called free partnership unions," Cardinal Dziwisz said.

The Archbishop of Krakow stressed that the family should be the natural environment for new life and the development of children.

"The child has the right to be conceived as a fruit of love in the family, in marriage, not in a test tube.

"Let us be honest and courageous people. Let us not betray the truth about life for any price. Even at the cost of losing power, or places in parliament. Let us be defenders of life, which today is under threat, even in our own country," Cardinal Dziwisz emphasized.

The Cardinal noted that the Good Friday retelling of the Passion of Christ is a living and unchangeable history, a narrative in which every person must find their place.

"We must place ourselves on every page. We cannot be passive observers," the prelate concluded.

Cardinal Dziwisz was personal secretary to Pope John Paul II.  After the Pope's death he was appointed Archbishop of Krakow in 2005, and in 2006 was made a cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI.

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I would love having a few more Cardinals like this in the United States. I can think of a city on the West Coast, for example.

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Polish Cardinal, Former Secretary to Pope JPII: Politicians, Like Pilate, Kill the Truth of the Life of the Unborn

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The Cardinal condemned abortion, euthanasia, common-law marriage, homosexual unions and in vitro fertilization.

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Talk is cheap. Let’s see some action. Anathema anyone?

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A Big Amen to that!

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Are you in that west coast city?

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If it’s Sodom-by-the-Bay that you mean, I grew up there, but live there no more.

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I lived in the bay area once too. Then moved up to the foothills.

No, I was referring to the larger city south of Sodom by the bay.

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Also posted in the religion forum.

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A Pro-Life Prayer For Our President And Public Officials

Lord God, Author of Life and Source of Eternal Life,

Move the hearts of all our public officials and especially our President, to fulfill their responsibilities worthily and well to all those entrusted to their care.

Help them in their special leadership roles, to extend the mantle of protection to the most vulnerable, especially the defenseless unborn, whose lives are threatened with extermination by an indifferent society.

Guide all public officials by your wisdom and grace to cease supporting any law that fails to protect the fundamental good that is human life itself, which is a gift from God and parents.

You are the Protector and Defender of the lives of the innocent unborn. Change the hearts of those who compromise the call to protect and defend life. Bring our nation to the values that have made us a great nation, a society that upholds the values of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for all.

Mary, the Mother of the living, help us to bear witness to the Gospel of Life with our lives and our laws, through Christ, Our Lord.

Amen.

 

• Imprimatur:
• January 22, 2009
• Most Reverend Robert J. Baker
• Bishop of Birmingham in Alabama

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While there are men like this, a true soldier of Christ, there are others like the President of Notre Dame. He could become gutsy and take a shot at the abortion industry here in this country. He could make us as proud, but I suspect he won’t

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Good one!

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Somebody has to speak the truth. Good for him. We need this more than ever as we spiral down.

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