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Contrast this point of view with Pope John Paul ii in Evangelium Vitae: I declare that direct abortion, that is, abortion willed as an end or as a means, always constitutes a grave moral disorder, since it is the deliberate killing of an innocent human being.
Apr 14, 2021 · In Casti Connubii , Pope Pius XI succinctly described abortion as “the murder of the innocent” that goes “against the precept of God and the law of nature.” He somberly reminded those who work to procure abortions “that God is the Judge and Avenger of innocent blood which crie[s] from earth to Heaven” (64, 67).
- Laura Wolk, O. Carter Snead
- 2021
Abortion is without a doubt one of the greatest moral evils within modernity. As the "Advocate of Christian Memory," a pope must take up the mantle of defending the culture of life - a defense the Early Church held against the pagans of Rome.
Jul 16, 2022 · Still, it was not until 1869 that Pope Pius IX affirmed this doctrine, proclaiming abortion at any point in pregnancy to be a sin punishable by excommunication.
My personal views about abortion have changed throughout the years. As a teenager, being the product of a Catholic home, I was very “pro-life.” I believed that the fetus is a person from the moment of conception and that its right to life trumps the bodily rights of women.
Abortion, the intentional termination of a human pregnancy, has been a divisive topic in America’s courts for generations. In order to be able to discuss the legality of the issue, one must first examine the moral permissibility of the act.
Jan 3, 2019 · Pope Saint Paul VI surprised the world on July 25, 1968, issuing his encyclical Humanae vitae, which condemned the use of hormonal contraception, other forms of birth control, sterilization, and abortion and promoted the use of natural birth regulation.
