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July 2010 - 08:49 GMT-05:00
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Spanish archbishop calls for civil disobedience of new
abortion law
Madrid, Spain, Jul 13, 2010 / 01:11 pm (CNA).- Archbishop
Francisco Gil Hellin of Burgos warned this week there is no
right to kill an innocent human being and therefore no
obligation to obey to the new law on abortion. Rather,
direct opposition without distinction must be mounted, he
said.
Lets be clear: this law is not a law, although it is
presented as such by some politicians and lawmakers. It is
no law because nobody has the right to take the life of an
innocent human being. For this reason it is not obligatory.
Moreover, it demands direct opposition without distinction,
the archbishop said in a letter.
He underscored that reason cannot recognize abortion as a
right because it constitutes the killing of a person who is
not guilty. The right of a person to exist who has already
been conceived, although not yet born, is not a belief
stemming from any religion. One does not need to be a
believer to hold that an innocent person has the right to be
defended and respected in his or her integrity. Common sense
dictates that one cannot take a human life in order to solve
another problem or to get money or votes, he said.
The archbishop went on to say it is a fallacy to assert
that this law was passed by a majority in Parliament and
that it represents the will of the majority of citizens, or
if the Constitutional Court upholds it, that opposing it
would be disobedient and would warrant sanction.
The fallacy consists in giving politicians, judges or
citizens a right they do not have. And nobody has the right
to legislate the killing of an innocent person, Archbishop
Gil Hellin said. He urged Spaniards to help all mothers who
are in difficult situations and to support motherhood with
all the means at our disposal in order to halt this plague
of abortion that, in Spain alone has already destroyed more
people than all those who live in the cities of Zaragoza,
Cordoba and Burgos.
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Of Human Life - By Archbishop Charles J. Chaput
Of Human Life - Addendum some common questions By Archbishop Charles J. Chaput
Archbishop Chaputs statement on Supreme Court legalization of partial-birth abortion
Can Condoms Kill?
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July 2010 - 08:49 GMT-05:00
Home » News » Europe
Spanish archbishop calls for civil disobedience of new
abortion law
Madrid, Spain, Jul 13, 2010 / 01:11 pm (CNA).- Archbishop
Francisco Gil Hellin of Burgos warned this week there is no
right to kill an innocent human being and therefore no
obligation to obey to the new law on abortion. Rather,
direct opposition without distinction must be mounted, he
said.
Lets be clear: this law is not a law, although it is
presented as such by some politicians and lawmakers. It is
no law because nobody has the right to take the life of an
innocent human being. For this reason it is not obligatory.
Moreover, it demands direct opposition without distinction,
the archbishop said in a letter.
He underscored that reason cannot recognize abortion as a
right because it constitutes the killing of a person who is
not guilty. The right of a person to exist who has already
been conceived, although not yet born, is not a belief
stemming from any religion. One does not need to be a
believer to hold that an innocent person has the right to be
defended and respected in his or her integrity. Common sense
dictates that one cannot take a human life in order to solve
another problem or to get money or votes, he said.
The archbishop went on to say it is a fallacy to assert
that this law was passed by a majority in Parliament and
that it represents the will of the majority of citizens, or
if the Constitutional Court upholds it, that opposing it
would be disobedient and would warrant sanction.
The fallacy consists in giving politicians, judges or
citizens a right they do not have. And nobody has the right
to legislate the killing of an innocent person, Archbishop
Gil Hellin said. He urged Spaniards to help all mothers who
are in difficult situations and to support motherhood with
all the means at our disposal in order to halt this plague
of abortion that, in Spain alone has already destroyed more
people than all those who live in the cities of Zaragoza,
Cordoba and Burgos.
Related articles:
Of Human Life - By Archbishop Charles J. Chaput
Of Human Life - Addendum some common questions By Archbishop Charles J. Chaput
Archbishop Chaputs statement on Supreme Court legalization of partial-birth abortion
Can Condoms Kill?
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/spanish-archbishop-calls-for-civil-disobedience-of-new-abortion-law/
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A government, of Israel, by Israel, and, for: Israel.
But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light:
for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. The light shineth in darkness;
and the darkness comprehended it not. The light of the body is the eye:
if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness.
If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead,
and Christ shall give thee light. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.