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Official German Catholic News Outlet Publishes Piece Calling Pro-Life Prayer Rallies ‘un-Christian’
LifeSite News ^ | 2/24/23 | Andreas Wailzer

Posted on 03/03/2023 5:49:02 PM PST by marshmallow

David Bereit, the founder of '40 Days for Life', told LifeSiteNews that he was 'deeply troubled' by the article published on katholisch.de.

(LifeSiteNews) — The official news website of the Catholic Church in Germany has published an opinion piece in which the author argues for a ban on peaceful protest and prayer rallies in front of pro-abortion counseling centers.

Gabriele Höfling, a journalist working for katholisch.de, wrote an opinion piece published February 23 entitled “Protests in front of places of pregnancy conflict counseling are unchristian.” She specifically criticized the “40 Days for Life” campaign, in which Christian groups pray in front of pro-abortion pregnancy counseling centers.

“Under the motto ‘40 Days for Life’, Christian groups protest twice a year in front of pregnancy counseling centers – including ‘Pro Familia’ in Frankfurt.”

Pro Familia” is the German branch of the International Planned Parenthood Federation, the largest abortion provider in the world.

Höfling claimed that “such forms of protest,” i.e., praying in front of pro-abortion pregnancy centers, “do a disservice to the cause of protecting life.”

“Interfering in the privacy of others who are in a concrete personal conflict is encroaching and undignified,” she said. “If a woman has to sidle past demonstrators on her way to pregnancy conflict counseling, and in the worst case is even approached by them, that is running the gauntlet.”

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TOPICS: Catholic; Ministry/Outreach; Moral Issues; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: babykillers; eugenics

1 posted on 03/03/2023 5:49:02 PM PST by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow
The Pharisees and Sadducees were loaded to the hilt with position papers and policy statements and philosophizing and equivocation. Just like today's German Nazi bishops.

Yet today the Pharisees and Sadducees are still in hell.

2 posted on 03/03/2023 5:58:45 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: marshmallow

If the Teutonic branch of the Catholic Church isn’t in a state of total apostasy, what would such a state look like?


3 posted on 03/03/2023 5:59:46 PM PST by irishjuggler
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To: marshmallow

Hofling gets the Twisty-Wisty Price for the week for getting the issue 100% wrong.


4 posted on 03/03/2023 6:13:43 PM PST by firebrand
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To: firebrand

Price = Prize


5 posted on 03/03/2023 6:14:21 PM PST by firebrand
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To: marshmallow

Sad as it seems, both the Catholic & Protestant versions of
Christianity appear to have become very fluid in their belief.
Along with some Americans, they seem to believe the Constitution and the Bible are meant to ‘change with the times’.
No wonder this old world and this nation are in such disarray.


6 posted on 03/03/2023 6:19:37 PM PST by Tupelo (A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

“Yet today the Pharisees and Sadducees are still in hell.”

Their Spirit is with us today.
We are witnessing the end of the “Church Age”.
A Great falling away.
Do not cast your pearls before swine.


7 posted on 03/03/2023 6:53:34 PM PST by Right Brigade (It was better before they voted for whats his name,this must be the New World)
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To: marshmallow

Thou shalt not kill.


8 posted on 03/03/2023 7:06:17 PM PST by bgill
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To: marshmallow

In my experience, and those of my friends, all of us in our late 60’s, the Catholic is nothing but a fraternal society for homosexual child molesters.


9 posted on 03/03/2023 8:12:06 PM PST by Calvin Cooledge
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