Actually it wasn’t Pope Benedict. It was an Archbishop Girotti, and he was talking about sin, and including research on human embryos, not being a good steward of the environment, etc. Some British newspaper ran with it, creating the ‘new grave sins’ story out of whole cloth.
I figured it was something crazy. Thanks for filling me in. I see five threads on it. Unbelievable.
And most of them are of the leftist — environment focused.
Only one that I saw had abortion in it.
Tells you about the media and their bias, doesn’t it?
Yes it was Girotti.
What gets me is man keeps wanting to recreate the rules.
Something NEW.
Put a new twist on what has already been laid down from the beginning of time by God and our Church upholding 2000 yrs of teachings.
Example:
Feeding tubes were not around in the past but it is exceptable as a manner of recieving nutrition.
In the Catichism it was explained that if your father was ill and could not lift a cup to his mouth for nourishment wouldn’t you lift it to his lips for him?
Cups or G tubes both sustain life in those unable to feed themselves.
Same diff. Different technology.
The Vatican is starting to look again like the last days of Pope John Paul II.No one is in charge.