Posted on 02/23/2005 2:06:25 PM PST by fabrizio
ROME (Reuters) - Homosexual marriages are part of "a new ideology of evil" that is insidiously threatening society, Pope John Paul says in a new book published on Tuesday.
In "Memory and Identity," the Pope also calls abortion a "legal extermination" comparable to attempts to wipe out Jews and other groups in the 20th century. ... In one section about the role of lawmakers, the Pope takes another swipe at gay marriages when he refers to "pressures" on the European Parliament to allow them.
"It is legitimate and necessary to ask oneself if this is not perhaps part of a new ideology of evil, perhaps more insidious and hidden, which attempts to pit human rights against the family and against man," he writes.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
In all due respect to this beloved Pope, he should read the Qur'an if he wants to see a real ideology of evil.
Hey, this sounds an awful lot like Bush's 'axis of evil'.
I'm sure he has read the Qur'an. The man is very smart and well-versed. But I seriously doubt he wants to touch such a thing ever again. =P
"calls abortion a "legal extermination" comparable to attempts to wipe out Jews and other groups in the 20th century"
Interesting, he is not alone in those views, indeed abortion law in Germany in much more restrictive than in the US and the UK and this is due in no small measure to recollections of Hitlers attempts to exterminate various minorities as well as the infirm and mentally ill.
I can only imagine what Jesus would say to the Imams.
"By their fruits ye shall know them."
Matthew 7:16
Oh, I think He might be a little more to the point than that...remember the choice words he had for the Pharisees of the time.
This man has courage. God bless him.
That crazy Pope just won't be PC!
That should get the queers crying.
And let's hear how The Pope is out of touch and abortion is a woman's right!
Except if she is in the womb, of course.
Let's hear you degrade all Christians and call the Catholic Pope a "Senile Old Fool!"
Your constituents demand this of you!
The Church did, it was called the Crusades....
Cardinal: Pope Doesn't Equate the Holocaust and Abortion
Refutes Allegations Against John Paul II's Latest Book
ROME, FEB. 23, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Responding to accusations against John Paul II's latest book, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger clarified that "the Pope does not compare the Shoah with abortion."
The prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith made that statement Tuesday when presenting the book, "Memory and Identity," at a press conference.
The cardinal explained that "the Pope recalls men's permanent temptation and tells us that we are not immune either to the destruction of human life; however, the identification between the Shoah and abortion is foreign to the book and to the Holy Father's idea." Shoah is the Hebrew word for the Holocaust.
With the book in hand, the dean of the College of Cardinals refuted the allegations reported earlier by the media about supposed passages dedicated by the Holy Father to the Jewish Holocaust carried out during World War II.
John Paul II's fifth book as Pope went on sale Tuesday. During the book's presentation to the press, Vatican spokesman Joaquín Navarro Valls also denied the existence of such references to the Holocaust in the volume.
"The Pope has no desire to compare systems of evil; what he wishes to do is to identify the roots of moral evil," he said.
"If man can decide what good is and what evil is, then he can opt for annihilating a group of people, as has happened in the past and as can still happen," Navarro Valls added.
During the presentation at the Colonna Palace in Rome, Navarro Valls emphasized that the comparison of abortion to the Holocaust "is a mistake which has no basis in the book. The Pope wonders about the reasons for evil, but does not compare evil situations."
Specifically, John Paul II writes that "the law established by man, by parliaments, and by any other human legislative body, cannot be in contradiction with the natural law, in short, with the eternal Law of God."
The Holy Father reflects on "the elimination of millions of sons and daughters of Israel," saying that "suffice it to think of only this event, so close in time, to see with clarity that the law established by man has precise limits, which cannot be exceeded."
"At the beginning of a new century and a new millennium," the Pope invites his readers "to question themselves on some legislative options decided in the parliaments of the present democratic regimes" and, in particular, those that have introduced abortion.
"Parliaments that approve and promulgate such laws must be aware that they are going beyond their competencies and place themselves in open conflict with the law of God and with the laws of nature," he states.
Regarding John Paul II's health, the Vatican spokesman said: "The Pope is improving and follows his doctors' advice, which is a bit of rest."
ZE05022320
http://www.zenit.org/
Cardinal: Pope Doesn't Equate the Holocaust and Abortion
Refutes Allegations Against John Paul II's Latest Book
ROME, FEB. 23, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Responding to accusations against John Paul II's latest book, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger clarified that "the Pope does not compare the Shoah with abortion."
The prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith made that statement Tuesday when presenting the book, "Memory and Identity," at a press conference.
The cardinal explained that "the Pope recalls men's permanent temptation and tells us that we are not immune either to the destruction of human life; however, the identification between the Shoah and abortion is foreign to the book and to the Holy Father's idea." Shoah is the Hebrew word for the Holocaust.
With the book in hand, the dean of the College of Cardinals refuted the allegations reported earlier by the media about supposed passages dedicated by the Holy Father to the Jewish Holocaust carried out during World War II.
John Paul II's fifth book as Pope went on sale Tuesday. During the book's presentation to the press, Vatican spokesman Joaquín Navarro Valls also denied the existence of such references to the Holocaust in the volume.
"The Pope has no desire to compare systems of evil; what he wishes to do is to identify the roots of moral evil," he said.
"If man can decide what good is and what evil is, then he can opt for annihilating a group of people, as has happened in the past and as can still happen," Navarro Valls added.
During the presentation at the Colonna Palace in Rome, Navarro Valls emphasized that the comparison of abortion to the Holocaust "is a mistake which has no basis in the book. The Pope wonders about the reasons for evil, but does not compare evil situations."
Specifically, John Paul II writes that "the law established by man, by parliaments, and by any other human legislative body, cannot be in contradiction with the natural law, in short, with the eternal Law of God."
The Holy Father reflects on "the elimination of millions of sons and daughters of Israel," saying that "suffice it to think of only this event, so close in time, to see with clarity that the law established by man has precise limits, which cannot be exceeded."
"At the beginning of a new century and a new millennium," the Pope invites his readers "to question themselves on some legislative options decided in the parliaments of the present democratic regimes" and, in particular, those that have introduced abortion.
"Parliaments that approve and promulgate such laws must be aware that they are going beyond their competencies and place themselves in open conflict with the law of God and with the laws of nature," he states.
Regarding John Paul II's health, the Vatican spokesman said: "The Pope is improving and follows his doctors' advice, which is a bit of rest."
ZE05022320
http://www.zenit.org/
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