"90.
This is not to put all living beings on the same level nor to deprive
human beings of their unique worth and the tremendous responsibility it
entails. Nor does it imply a divinization of the earth which would
prevent us from working on it and protecting it in its fragility. Such
notions would end up creating new imbalances which would deflect us from
the reality which challenges us.[68] At times we see an obsession with
denying any pre-eminence to the human person; more zeal is shown in
protecting other species than in defending the dignity which all human
beings share in equal measure. Certainly, we should be concerned lest
other living beings be treated irresponsibly. But we should be
particularly indignant at the enormous inequalities in our midst,
whereby we continue to tolerate some considering themselves more worthy
than others. We fail to see that some are mired in desperate and
degrading poverty, with no way out, while others have not the faintest
idea of what to do with their possessions, vainly showing off their
supposed superiority and leaving behind them so much waste which, if it
were the case everywhere, would destroy the planet. In practice, we
continue to tolerate that some consider themselves more human than
others, as if they had been born with greater rights."
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html
Saturday, June 20, 2015
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Links Promoting the Sanctity of Human Life & Marriage/ Family/ Human Sexuality
- Abortifacients & Catholic Hospitals....Under no circumstances should Catholic hospitals jeopardize the Catholic witness by providing abortifacients or contraceptives.
- Ads in parish bulletins....this is an appeal for parishes to forego ads for providers of abortifacients and contraceptives.
- AFA (Tell "AMA: Taxpayers should [NOT] subsidize trans reproductive surgeries")
- C-Fam
- Catholic Vote.org
- Children of God for Life
- Family Policy Alliance
- Mass Resistance (The [misleadingly named] Equality Act is back before Congress & must be stopped)
- NJ Family Policy Center (Petition to Attorney General Matt Platkin)
- NJ Right to LIfe
- PA Family
- Pa Pro Life (Oppose Pa HB 1888)
- Pa Pro-Life Federation
- President Joe Biden Has Turned a Blind Eye to the Killing of Christians in Nigeria. Sign the Petition Now.
- Tell your bishop to prohibit the “blessing” of sinful unions in your diocese
- USCCB (re: Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act)
- USCCB (re: Equality Act)
- USCCB (re: Letters to Pharmaceutical Companies ["to protest the use of abortion-derived cell lines and advocate for the development of vaccines with no connection to abortion."])
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