Were there to be no support in the whole history of ethical and moral thought, were there no acknowledged confirmation from medical science, were the history of legal opinion to the contrary, we would still have to conclude on the basis of God's Holy Word that the unborn child is a person in the sight of God. He is protected by the sanctity of life graciously given to each individual by the Creator, Who alone places His image upon man and grants them any right to life which they have.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
[video] Benedict XVI: Sports medicine at the service of mankind.
Meeting with Sports Medicine professionals at Castel Gandolfo Thursday, Pope Benedict XVI urged them not only to care for the physical needs and competitive excellence of athletes, but also their spiritual and moral regeneration. He said the London Olympics and Paralympics were a clear example of "the capacity for sports and athletic endeavours to unite persons and peoples in the common pursuit of peaceful competitive excellence". Sometimes, however, success, fame, medals and the pursuit of money become the primary, or even sole, motive for those involved. Pope Benedict concluded, "just as sport is more than just competition, each sportsman and woman is more than a mere competitor".
