Of all the poppycock I’ve heard from priests for many decades, this statement about ‘embryos’ is the most unsettling. We’ve all heard priests who are soft on abortion because they sympathize with the plight of an unwed mother. But never have I heard a priest actually declare an ‘embryo’ is not human, nor perhaps even alive! That defining life is not a biological question, but purely a philosophical one!
I really cannot take this on face value, it’s too incredible and unprecedented. Where is the source for this quotation? What was the context, the year, was it an interview or what? Was he bishop or priest at the time? Could there be a translation problem? Or incorrect reporting? It does appear to be out of context of a larger discourse?
This is unlike anything yet out of the Bergoglio reign. The Church is almost fully secularized, but I’ve never heard this line of reasoning. To follow it is to lose the dogma of Transubstantiation! So, that’s why I’m wondering about the source, not to cast doubt on your post.
Here’s the link, which was included in the article if you had opened it.
http://infocatolica.com/blog/caritas.php/1609260644-133-oscar-chino-minarro-nuevo
The publishing date of the article was 9/26/2016. And the Bergolio bishop was appointed bishop on 9/19/2016 and he’ll be ordained as such on 12/03/16.