{"id":1650171,"date":"2022-09-21T03:34:07","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T07:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1650171"},"modified":"2022-09-21T03:36:08","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T07:36:08","slug":"catholic-church-leaders-are-prioritizing-environmentalism-over-unborn-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/catholic-church-leaders-are-prioritizing-environmentalism-over-unborn-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic Church Leaders Are Prioritizing Environmentalism Over Unborn Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcatholic-church-leaders-are-prioritizing-environmentalism-over-unborn-lives%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1650171&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>A high-ranking Vatican official stunned Catholics during a recent interview on Italian television by announcing that the Catholic Church would not oppose a law allowing abortion.<\/p>\n<p>Cardinal Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, even called the law \u201ca pillar of our social life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Italy\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.columbia.edu\/itc\/history\/degrazia\/courseworks\/legge_194.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Law 194<\/a>, enacted in 1978, legalizes abortions in the first trimester and permits them afterward if the pregnancy endangers the mother\u2019s life or if doctors discover what the law calls \u201cserious abnormalities or malformations\u201d in the unborn child.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe that at this point that Law 194 is a pillar of our social life,\u201d Paglia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CC24DvVl8ds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> on Aug. 26.<\/p>\n<p>When asked whether Law 194 was up for debate, Paglia replied, \u201cNo, absolutely not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tommaso Scandroglio, writing in the Catholic newspaper La Nuova Bussola Quotidiana, reacted <a href=\"https:\/\/lanuovabq.it\/it\/aborto-paglia-tocca-il-fondo-tifando-per-la-194-un-pilastro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bluntly<\/a>: \u201cIt is as if the president of the Jewish Anti-Defamation League is declaring himself in favor of the Holocaust.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Considering that Pope John Paul II founded the Pontifical Council for Life to fight abortion, Paglia\u2019s comments are breathtaking. Yet those comments represent a frightening trend.<\/p>\n<p>Under Pope Francis, the Catholic Church has abandoned its traditional opposition to abortion to advocate environmental sustainability and economic redistribution. Two encyclicals, \u201cLaudato Si\u201d on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">environment<\/a> and \u201cFratelli Tutti\u201d on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/papa-francesco_20201003_enciclica-fratelli-tutti.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">economics<\/a>, define Francis\u2019s worldview.<\/p>\n<p>The Vatican\u2019s tepid official reaction to the Supreme Court overturning <em>Roe v. Wade <\/em>symbolizes that retreat. In an editorial, the Vatican\u2019s official newspaper, L\u2019Osservatore Romano, deferred to a statement from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usccb.org\/news\/2022\/usccb-statement-us-supreme-court-ruling-dobbs-v-jackson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">called<\/a> <em>Roe<\/em> \u201can unjust law that has permitted some to decide whether others can live or die; this policy has resulted in the deaths of tens of millions of preborn children, generations that were denied the right to even be born.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the newspaper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.osservatoreromano.va\/en\/news\/2022-07\/ing-026\/a-time-for-reasoned-reflection.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">defined<\/a> the issue as \u201ca question of developing political choices that promote conditions of existence in favor of life\u201d by \u201censuring adequate sexual education, guaranteeing health care accessible to all and preparing legislative measures to protect the family and motherhood, overcoming existing inequalities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the Vatican sent its most obvious signal on May 7, 2021, when the Holy See\u2019s highest theological authority after the pope issued a letter to American bishops.<\/p>\n<p>Cardinal Luis Ladaria, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, discouraged them from withholding Communion from elected officials who support legalized abortion. Those officials include the two most prominent Catholics in American politics: President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would be misleading,\u201d Ladaria <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/507399449\/Pillar-Media-CDF-Letter-5-7-21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>, \u201cif such a (policy) were to give the impression that abortion and euthanasia alone constitute the only grave matters of Catholic moral and social teaching that demand the fullest level of accountability on the part of Catholics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ladaria even called Catholics who support abortion \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/507399449\/Pillar-Media-CDF-Letter-5-7-21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pro-choice<\/a>.\u201d His letter might be the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/vatican-uses-pro-abortion-terminology-pro-choice-for-first-time-in-abdication-of-moral-authority\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first<\/a> official Vatican document to use such a partisan term, and it contradicts his own church\u2019s catechism and violates canon law.<\/p>\n<p>The Catholic catechism <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P7Z.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">describes<\/a> abortion as a \u201cmoral evil,\u201d calling it and infanticide \u201cabominable crimes,\u201d and demands ex-communication for anyone involved in \u201cformal cooperation.\u201d Catholic canon law <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/cod-iuris-canonici\/eng\/documents\/cic_lib4-cann879-958_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">states<\/a> that Catholics \u201cpersevering in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to holy communion \u2026 without previous sacramental confession.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two events surrounding Ladaria\u2019s letter also demonstrated Francis\u2019 desire to de-emphasize abortion. On May 6, the Vatican began a three-day conference on <a href=\"https:\/\/vaticanconference2021.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">health care<\/a> that featured three prominent speakers who support or tolerate abortion. Chelsea Clinton, vice chair of the Clinton Foundation, <a href=\"https:\/\/online.flippingbook.com\/view\/934051129\/10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">participated<\/a> in a panel on \u201cBuilding a More Equitable Health-Care System for All\u201d despite her passion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/chelsea-clinton-makes-a-terrible-argument-for-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">for abortion<\/a>. Dr. Francis Collins, former director of the National Institutes for Health, supports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/article\/nih-chief-defends-use-human-fetal-tissue-opponents-decry-it-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">using fetal tissue<\/a> in research yet <a href=\"https:\/\/online.flippingbook.com\/view\/934051129\/8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">spoke<\/a> about \u201cBridging Science and Faith.\u201d Stephane Bancel, CEO of Moderna, which provided major <a href=\"https:\/\/vaticanconference2021.org\/supporters-and-grantors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">funding<\/a>, allowed <a href=\"https:\/\/cogforlife.org\/2020\/03\/25\/much-hyped-moderna-mrna-1273-covid-19-vaccine-uses-aborted-fetal-cells-sanofi-pasteurs-version-does-not\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">aborted fetal cells<\/a> to be used to create the mRNA protein in Moderna\u2019s Covid-19 shots.<\/p>\n<p>Then on May 14, another Vatican conference, \u201cDreaming of a Better <a href=\"https:\/\/www.segib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/14.05-Better-Restart-Booklet-v.15.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Restart<\/a>,\u201d featured two more abortion proponents. Columbia economist Jeffrey Sachs, a key papal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncregister.com\/blog\/population-control-advocate-jeffrey-sachs-attacks-trump-administration-at-vatican-gathering\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">advisor<\/a>, spoke on \u201cFinancial and Tax Solidarity.\u201d John <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontheissues.org\/2004\/John_Kerry_Abortion.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kerry<\/a>, Biden\u2019s climate envoy and another Catholic, delivered the keynote address at the second session, \u201cIntegral Ecological Sustainability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sachs, who wrote the United Nations\u2019 Sustainable Development <a href=\"https:\/\/sdgs.un.org\/goals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Goals<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/faith\/2019\/09\/22\/vatican-names-abortion-promoter-jeffrey-sachs-as-special-invitee-to-amazon-synod\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">believes abortion is pivotal to population control<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In his book \u201cCommon Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet,\u201d Sachs called abortion \u201ca lower-risk and lower-cost option\u201d that \u201creduces a country\u2019s total fertility rate significantly, by as much as half a child on average\u201d by preventing the birth of \u201cunwanted children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Three years before the controversy surrounding Paglia\u2019s remarks, another papal official made comments even more astounding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, those who are implementing the Church\u2019s social doctrine the best are the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/37694\/vatican-official-praises-china-for-witness-to-catholic-social-teaching\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chinese<\/a>,\u201d said Cardinal Marcelo Sanchez <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marcelo_S%C3%A1nchez_Sorondo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sorondo<\/a>, then-chancellor of the Pontifical Councils for Science and Social Science.<\/p>\n<p>Sorondo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/37694\/vatican-official-praises-china-for-witness-to-catholic-social-teaching\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">praised<\/a> China\u2019s implementation of \u201cLaudato Si\u201d for \u201cdefending the dignity of the person\u201d and \u201cassuming a moral leadership that others have left,\u201d meaning President Donald Trump\u2019s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on carbon-dioxide emissions.<\/p>\n<p>Sorondo\u2019s praise ignored the fact that China performs between 10 million and 23 million abortions a year, many of them forced by the government.<\/p>\n<p>American bishops have adopted Francis\u2019s stance. In a voting guide issued one month before California\u2019s 2020 primary, San Diego\u2019s Robert McElroy <a href=\"https:\/\/sdcatholic.org\/bishops\/bishop-mcelroy\/conscience-candidates-and-discipleship-in-voting\/?fbclid=IwAR382ka4tdKB5qytID7Gv2WSA3cjpv2SrRdolllM050fcZx2OZf_V2uR0So\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">insisted<\/a> that the pope\u2019s policy on the environment outweighed historical opposition to abortion and contraception.<\/p>\n<p>Though he called abortion \u201cintrinsically evil,\u201d McElroy criticized the idea that \u201ccandidates who seek laws opposing intrinsically evil actions automatically have a primary claim to political support in the Catholic conscience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe problem with this approach is that while the criterion of intrinsic evil identifies specific human acts that can never be justified, this criterion is not a measure of the relative gravity of the evil in particular human or political actions,\u201d wrote McElroy, who added that \u201cit is a far greater moral evil for our country to abandon the Paris Climate Accord than to provide contraceptives in federal health centers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Francis rewarded McElroy by making him a cardinal on Aug. 27, despite McElroy reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crisismagazine.com\/2022\/what-the-mcelroy-appointment-says-about-the-churchs-commitment-to-sex-abuse-victims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ignoring<\/a> cases of clerical sex abuse.<\/p>\n<p>By sacrificing the innocent on the altar of intellectual and political fashion, the Catholic Church is destroying its moral credibility.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Joseph D&#8217;Hippolito is a freelance writer whose commentaries have appeared in the Jerusalem Post, The Stream, Front Page Magazine, and American Thinker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A high-ranking Vatican official stunned Catholics during a recent interview on Italian television by announcing that the Catholic Church would not oppose a law allowing abortion. 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