DEACON FOR LIFE

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.

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

[Video] Pope Francis: "Do not discard people like trash!"

Pope Francis: "Do not discard people like trash!"

by vatican

We must counter the current "culture of waste", where people and goods are seen as disposable, with a culture of encounter and solidarity, respect for creation and for every human being. This was Pope Francis message at his general audience Wednesday attended by 80 thousand people. Marking the UN World Environment Day the Pope said our pride leads us to exploit rather than care for the earth; that we no longer see it as a gift to be cherished, a sign of God's love for man, because we live in a horizontal manner and we have moved away from the Lord. And as a direct result of this, we no longer care for the human person, who is in grave danger, or human ecology, which is closely linked to environmenta ...