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Pope: "Abortion Evidence of Throwaway Culture"

Pope Francis, speaking today -

"For example, it is frightful even to think that there are children, victims of abortion, who will never see the light of day," he said. Francis has generally limited his exhortations about abortion, saying church teaching is well known and that he prefers to speak less about the church's moralizing rules and more about its positive, welcoming message.

 

Pope set to rebuke elements of contemporary society

According to the Times of London, Benedict XVI will "deliver a blistering attack on the 'satanic' mores of modern society" through the Way of the Cross meditations on Good Friday.

Pope condemns geneticists 'who play at being God' - World - Times Online

An excerpt from the Times:

At the Fourth Station, where Jesus is helped by Simon the Cyrene to carry the cross, Pope Benedict and his followers will pray: “Lord Jesus, our affluence is making us less human, our entertainment has become a drug, a source of alienation, and our society’s incessant, tedious message is an invitation to die of selfishness.”

The Pope: Church's principal policy focus is pro-life view

Pope Benedict: Catholic Church's "Principal" Policy Focus is Pro-Life View

Here's an excerpt:

Pope Benedict XVI told a delegation of politicians in Rome for a meeting of the European People's Party that the Catholic Church's main public policy thrust is the protection of human life from atrocities like abortion, euthanasia and human cloning. He said he hoped pro-life principles would become the bedrock of law throughout Europe.

"As far as the Catholic Church is concerned, the principal focus of her interventions in the public arena is the protection and promotion of the dignity of the person," he said.

"[S]he is thereby consciously drawing particular attention to principles which are not negotiable," the pope added, referring to the church's pro-life stance.

The pontiff called on the elected officials to defend human life "in all its stages, from the first moment of conception until natural death."

Pro-life principles "are not truths of faith, even though they receive further light and confirmation from faith," the pontiff added. "[T]hey are inscribed in human nature itself and therefore they are common to all humanity."