From the official English translation of the Pope’s words in Italian [emphases added in quotations below]:
Abortion is more than
a problem, abortion is a murder. Abortion... without mincing words:
whoever has an abortion, kills. Take any book on embryology, from those
who study students at Faculties of Medicine and see that, in the third week of
pregnancy – in the third week, and often before the mother is aware of it – the
fetus already has all the organs; all, even the DNA. And wouldn't it
be a person? It's a human life… period! And this human life must be
respected. This principle is so clear… To those who cannot understand it, I would ask two questions: Is it
fair to kill a human life to solve a problem? Scientifically, it's a human
life. Second question: Is it fair to hire a hit man to solve a problem?
The first sentence above in the original Italian
reads:
Il problema
dell’aborto. L’aborto è più di un problema, l’aborto è un omicidio.
The Italian word omicidio means both ‘murder’ and ‘homicide’, the latter a legal
term used in some English-using jurisdictions.
120. Since everything is interrelated, concern
for the protection of nature is also incompatible with the justification of
abortion. How can we genuinely teach the importance of concern for other
vulnerable beings, however troublesome or inconvenient they may be, if we fail
to protect a human embryo, even when its presence is uncomfortable and creates
difficulties? ‘If personal and social sensitivity towards the acceptance of the
new life is lost, then other forms of acceptance that are valuable for society
also wither away’.
Catechism of the Catholic Church
2271 Since the first century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable. Direct abortion, that is to say, abortion willed either as an end or a means, is gravely contrary to the moral law.
The Catechism deals with the question of abortion from No 2270 to No 2275.
Healing for persons affected by abortion
Rachel’s Vineyard is a healing
ministry to persons affected by abortion, women and men. It offers healing weekend
retreats in many places. It is a Catholic initiative but open to persons of all
faiths or of none who are seeking healing in this area.
I have been involved in some of the retreats in Ireland and know how powerful they are.
From the website of Rachel's Vineyard, Ireland:
These
weekends offer a supportive, confidential, and emotionally safe environment
where women and men can express, release and reconcile painful post-abortion
emotions and begin the process of restoration, renewal and healing.
Married
couples, mothers, fathers, grand-parents, and anyone affected by abortion have
come to Rachel’s Vineyard in search of peace and inner healing.
The
weekend is a lot of work, but those who are willing to journey through their
grief, will experience the power of resurrection in their own lives. They will
find meaning in what has happened, and allow God to transform the experience
into something that gives hope, liberation and peace.
Rachel's
Vineyard retreats are held at private locations.
Flight
into Egypt
2 comments:
An amazing post, I wish that all who seeking an abortion could see this post.
The word hitman is positively the perfect word for what a doctor who does abortions is a hitman hired by the mother carrying a Baby.
Thank-you for this post.
Catherine
Thank you, Catherine. You may, of course, share the post with others. God bless.
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