VATICAN CITY, 18 FEB 2009 (VIS) - The Holy See Press Office released the following communique at midday today:
"Following the general audience the Holy Father briefly greeted Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, together with her entourage.
"His Holiness took the opportunity to speak of the requirements of the natural moral law and the Church's consistent teaching on the dignity of human life from conception to natural death which enjoin all Catholics, and especially legislators, jurists and those responsible for the common good of society, to work in co-operation with all men and women of good will in creating a just system of laws capable of protecting human life at all stages of its development".
OP/HUMAN LIFE/PELOSI VIS 090218 (140)
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If only people would read, respect and implement just laws... Sadly, through legislative compromise, laws are merely a base line, which many see as bench marks of conduct, thinking nothing of exceeding or expanding the spirit of order and nobility underlying the laws. For example, to protect life is only the base line. To nuture or to love the lives of others, while perhaps part of protection, takes protection to the next level and realizes the moral underpining of protection. So, along with protecting the life of a dying person, its not enough to preserve life, but to care for it. How many of us take on that responsibility irrespective of the law?
If only people would read, respect and implement just laws... Sadly, through legislative compromise, laws are merely a base line, which many see as bench marks of conduct, thinking nothing of exceeding or expanding the spirit of order and nobility underlying the laws. For example, to protect life is only the base line. To nuture or to love the lives of others, while perhaps part of protection, takes protection to the next level and realizes the moral underpining of protection. So, along with protecting the life of a dying person, its not enough to preserve life, but to care for it. How many of us take on that responsibility irrespective of the law?
Thanks David for your thoughts and comments.
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