Since everything is interrelated, concern for the protection of nature is also incompatible with the justification of abortion. How can we genuinely teach the importance of concern for other vulnerable beings, however troublesome or inconvenient they may be, if we fail to protect a human embryo, even when its presence is uncomfortable and creates difficulties? \u201cIf personal and social sensitivity towards the acceptance of the new life is lost, then other forms of acceptance that are valuable for society also wither away\u201d.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Don\u2019t listen to the Right Wing Smear Machine tell you that Francis is a \u201cMalthusian or that he is softening the Church\u2019s teaching on abortion. \u00a0They are liars trying to stampede you in fear. \u00a0They care nothing about our Holy Faith.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Since everything is interrelated, concern for the protection of nature is also incompatible with the justification of abortion. How can we genuinely teach the importance of concern for other vulnerable beings, however troublesome or inconvenient they may be, if we fail to protect a human embryo, even when its presence is uncomfortable and creates difficulties? […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[718,650],"class_list":["post-93049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-laudato-si","tag-na"],"yoast_head":"\n
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