Ok boys and girls, pick up your #2 pencils. Today’s quiz has only one question and it is a multiple choice.
Which statement best represents “thinking fully with the Church?”
- “But when we speak about these issues (the systematic murder of millions of innocent Jews) we have to talk about them in a context. But it is not necessary to talk about these issues all the time.”
- “But when we speak about these issues (the systematic murder of thousands of innocent Syrians) we have to talk about them in a context. But it is not necessary to talk about these issues all the time.”
- “But when we speak about these issues (the systematic murder of millions of innocent babies) we have to talk about them in a context. But it is not necessary to talk about these issues all the time.”
Take your time.
I hope if I am ever murdered, that when you speak of it, you speak of it in context.
UPDATE
Pope Francis today on Abortion:
Each one of us is invited to recognize in the fragile human being the face of the Lord, who, in his human flesh, experienced the indifference and loneliness to which we often condemn the poorest, either in the developing nations or in the developed societies. Each child that is unborn, but is unjustly condemned to be aborted, bears the face of Jesus Christ, bears the face of the Lord, who, even before he was born, and then as soon as he was born experienced the rejection of the world. And also each old person and – I spoke of the child, let us also speak of the elderly, another point! And each old person, even if infirm or at the end of his days, bears the face of Christ. They cannot be discarded, as the “culture of waste” proposes! They cannot be discarded!
I do not think it is coincidental that the Holy Father made these comments today, but I appreciate him doing so. It should never be either/or. The Catholic faith is not defined by its opposition to abortion, but we can never back down over this issue. We must keep it front and center as long as babies are dying by the millions.
[Source] [Translation via Rorate]
P.P.S.
Yes, Pope Benedict made similar comments, but he spoke about abortion all the time. Pope Francis, by his own admission, assiduously avoided the topic, until today. Again, not either/or but both.
