Abortion has solved nothing, only inflicted deeper wounds on society, Pope laments


	Abortion has solved nothing, only inflicted deeper wounds on society, Pope laments

Efrain Alvarado

5-13-2008 9:03 PM

113 views

tags:

abortion, pope, human, dignity, value, rights

Add a Comment

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

Humanae Vitae

Clinton vows to fight "insulting" abortion...

HHS Moves to Define Contraception as Abortion

Babies found in dumpster of abortion clini...

Senator blames Government and courts for s...

Partisan Gaps Over Evolution and Atheism

More clips from Efrain Alvarado

Say Yes to Sex

Humanae Vitae

Do You Know the Preamble of Your State?

Today's Top Clips

visit the Top Clips page

View the Top Clips from May 13, 2008

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/4275171e-c8cc-4094-abef-89e0bba1707b/325EA1C2-9103-4FFE-9AC7-74CB0C625E29/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=12613" href="http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=12613" style="font-size: 11px;">www.catholicnewsagency.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=12613"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.catholicnewsagency.com/img/E40DAC56-D33B-4F89-9035-AD8D9A86E88C" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=12613"><P><SPAN class="noticia_byline">Vatican City, May 12, 2008 / 11:05 am (<A  href="http://www.catholicnewsagency.com">CNA</A>)</SPAN>.- Thousands of members of the Italian Movement for Life met with Pope Benedict in the Hall of Blessing on Monday morning. The Pope remarked that 30 years of abortion in Italy "not only has not resolved the problems afflicting many women and no small number of families, but it has opened another wound in our societies.”  </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=12613"> “We cannot but recognize that, in practical terms, defending human life has become more difficult today, because a mentality has been created that progressively devalues human life and entrusts it to the judgment of individuals.”</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=12613"><P>The consequence of this thinking is a decrease in respect for the human person, “a value that lies at the foundation of any form of civil coexistence, over and above the faith a person may profess," the Pontiff said. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=12613">“has not resolved the problems afflicting many women and no small number of families, but it has opened another wound in our societies,"</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/325EA1C2-9103-4FFE-9AC7-74CB0C625E29/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>