CHURCH PRESTIGE ON THE LINE!
Pope hits at abortion move
Vatican City (NC) — Pope John PaulIIhas laidhis prestige on the line inItaly's abortion battle as the electoral showdown on the issue draws near. Last Sunday May 10, one week before Italians are scheduled to vote in a referendum on a proposal to restrict sharply the country's current abortion law, the Pope ignored the recent swell of politicalprotests against church involvement in the issue.
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In a 15-minute attack on legalized abortion, the pope said: "Procured abortion is death. It is the killing of an innocent creature," he said cutta, the frail nun who has abortion the church is Movement For Life and in a talk before reciting the r eceived worldwide defending not only human would allow abortion only Sunday noon Regina Coeli acclaim and the Nobel life but "human con- when the mother's health Prayer. and life are in danger. Peace Prize for her work science" as well. "Any legislation favora- with the poor. The Pope concluded with - The other proposal would ble to procured abortion is He said that Mother a prayer to Mary "for every eliminate most of the resa most serious offense Teresa's "voice in defense mother whose conscience trictions on abortion in the against the primary rights of the unborn rises up not is under major threat when current law. of man and the divine com- only from India but from she consents to have her In the current Italian polmandment, 'Thou Shalt various points of the earth. baby's life taken away." itical environment, a Not Kill," he said. "In Japan recently she The referendum proposal defeat of the referendum To underline his appeal said: 'every bby killed by tightening the current will be perceived as a major symbolically, the Pope del- abortion is a sign of great abortion law and favored blow to the power of the ivered his talk from the poverty, because every life by the Pope is one of two church and the Papacy in central loggia of St, Peter's is important and has a spe- abortion proposals sche- Italy, while passage will be Basilica and not from his cial character for God." duled for a vote May 17. It seen as a victory for church study window as he usually Mother Teresa, visiting was sponsored by the and pope. does. Rome, at the time, was in Normally the central bal- St. Peter's square listening cony of St. Peter's is used to the Pope. by the Pope for his First While waiting for his Blessing as Pope, for Mes- appearance minutes earlier sages To The World at she had been leading a Christmas and Easter, and group in praying the on other rare, major occa- rosary. sions such as following The Pope's attack on beatification or canoniza- abortion was not a tion ceremonies. surprise. A week earlier the Papal Vicar for the Diocese of R ome, Cardinal Ugo Four times the Pope Poletti, had urged Rome's quoted Christ's words used catholics to gather in St. in last Sunday's gospel: Peter's Square on May 10 "I have come that they in a "silent demonstration" may have life," dramati- of solidarity with the Pope cally contrasting abortion against abortion. with the Christian teaching on human life. The church is serving Christ when it pleads "that these smallest, weakest, An estimated 60,000 to most defenseless human 80,000 people, several beings may have life, that times the usual Sunday this life will not be taken crowd, were in the square, away from them before many of them carrying they are born," the Pope signs saying, "yes to life." As the Pope appeared, said. "This is a holy cause," he thousands started chanting declared. "In serving this a slogan that rhymes in cause we are serving man Italian: "the church united and we are serving society, says yes to life." w e are serving the The pontiff reiterated an RIVERTON PH: 457 1977 argument he has stressed D.L.0891 country." During his address the several times in recent pope invoked the name of weeks. Mother Teresa of Cal-. He said that in fighting
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