"Fr. Ivo Da C. Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
*--The Church should not get involved in partisan politics, except when a
party is against human rights...
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Mario Goveia asks:
Is the right to be born after conception a "human right"?
During the last US Presidential elections, John Kerry, a Catholic who ....
voted against a ban on partial-birth abortions, was warned by several US
Bishops that he would be refused Holy Communion in their dioceses.
These Bishops were strongly supported by the Vatican in taking this stand.
Was this partisan politics, or just putting their foot down on a politician
publicly defying a major doctrine of the Catholic Church, while professing
to be a Catholic?
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The "Holy Communion refusal charade" is a classic reason for the Catholic
Church to be FAR AWAY from partisan politics.
I support the Right to be Born after conception as a Human Right. BUT, I
cannot OFFER one, the Human Right to be born and takeaway another's
(Mother's) Human Right to live .....
.....(and to look after the other children who are alive and well) IF the
pregnancy is (say) anencephalic ... or IF the Mother's life is in imminent
danger.
That (just in case the partisan folks do not tell you) is the ONLY proviso
under which the partial-birth abortions can be carried out.... IF the
Woman's Life is in imminent Danger.
But then .... perhaps ....the Man's life should have been in danger. May be
then ...the "Holy Communion" charade would have been missing in action.
Talking about "a major doctrine of the Catholic Church" ... One is THOU
SHALT NOT KILL.
Is Holy Communion being denied to Catholics who support the Death penalty?
Returning to the Vatican: -> Did Catholics follow ALL the Vatican PLEADINGS
of 2003?
To the credit of the Catholic Church, it has consistently ( after that
horrible Inquisition ) been absolutely and totaly against both abortion and
the death penalty. It has the only true Pro-Life position.
No wonder the Vatican told those Latin American Liberation Theologians to
either leave priesthood OR leave violent company.
I trust that those who doubt - will read widely and see the wisdom of the
Vatican in that matter.
jc
Hammer & Tong Inc.(;-)
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