As a
helpful commenter alerted me, the day after his controversial interview became
public (and the day I last posted), Pope Francis wisely clarified his stance on
abortion:
“Every unborn child, though unjustly condemned to be aborted, has
the face of the Lord, who even before his birth, and then as soon as he was
born, experienced the rejection of the world,” he said.
Pope Francis condemned the “throwaway culture” abortion promotes,
saying, “Our response to this mentality is a ‘yes’ to life, decisive and
without hesitation. ‘The first right of the human person is his life. He has
other goods and some are precious, but this one is fundamental –- the condition
for all the others’”.
I
could speculate that he saw (or was made to see) that his earlier comments
apparently deemphasizing the abortion issue were a step too far. But I’ll just say I’m glad to see his
clarification. . . . And if my concern that he might be a liberal ends up being
unfounded, I’ll be glad to see that, too.
The trick is Pope Francis is getting the world to listen.
ReplyDeleteHeck my jewish gay neighbors asked about the statements he made on the plane during a press 'chat'. They had negative zero interest in Pope Benedict.
Now maybe we can get them to hear the Gospel, so they may understand the why. The reason for all the seasons (Christmas, Lent, Easter, etc)