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[Arthur McGowan]

I don’t like the Pope’s attribution of abortion to a “throwaway culture.”

I think it trivializes abortion. It makes it sound like littering, or wasting food. Or maybe, abortion is something like using too many plastic bottles rather than glass. It sounds as though abortion is the result of capitalism!

Abortion is Satan-worship. Abortion is worship of death. Abortion is the seeking of absolute power. Abortion is the result of fornication and adultery, which weaken one’s character to the point where one cannot shoulder responsibilities. Abortion is, of course, murder.

“Throwaway culture” is just too weak an expression to convey the roots of, and the evil of, abortion.

[narses]

Credo in Deum Patrem omnipotentem;
Creatorem caeli et terrae.

Et in Jesum Christum,
Filium eius unicum, Dominum nostrum;
qui conceptus est
de Spiritu Sancto,
natus ex Maria virgine;
passus sub Pontio Pilato,
crucifixus, mortuus, et sepultus;
descendit ad inferos;
tertia die resurrexit a mortuis;
ascendit ad caelos;
sedet ad dexteram Dei Patris omnipotentis;
inde venturus est
iudicare vivos et mortuos.

Credo in Spiritum Sanctum;
sanctam ecclesiam catholicam;
sanctorum communionem;
remissionem peccatorum;
carnis resurrectionem;
vitam aeternam. Amen.

In English:

I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ,
his only Son, our Lord.
He was conceived
by the power of the Holy Spirit,
and born of the Virgin Mary,
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
He descended into hell.
On the third day he rose again;
he ascended into heaven,
he is seated at the right hand of the Father,
he will come again
to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy Catholic church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen

[Oratam]

The oldest baby-boomers are just on the threshold of turning 70. In a few years, the number of septagenerians and octogenarians will really peak!

Forget about surgeries and procedures to prolong life, I think many will be seeking a way to slough off this mortal coil.

My concern (fear actually) is that this generation, which drove the direction of our culture simply through overwhelming numbers, will have one final and lasting impact as they reach the end of life.