This Lent, my parish has been focusing on the character of Simon of Cyrene along Jesus’ walk to Calvary.
Tag: vulnerable
Vote for culture of life cannot be a mistake
To the editor:
Consider voting for the candidate who will legislate policies that will protect the vulnerable. A war against our own citizens is sadly ignored in the big picture. To quote Swift, war is “that mad game the world so loves to play.”
Abortion is madness. Abortion is a war against the unborn. Killing the unborn child is indefensible and we allow the vulnerable (the teenager) to make this decision. Abuse of anyone, even animals, is indefensible.
Vote for culture of life cannot be a mistake
To the editor:
Consider voting for the candidate who will legislate policies that will protect the vulnerable. A war against our own citizens is sadly ignored in the big picture. To quote Swift, war is “that mad game the world so loves to play.”
Abortion is madness. Abortion is a war against the unborn. Killing the unborn child is indefensible and we allow the vulnerable (the teenager) to make this decision. Abuse of anyone, even animals, is indefensible.
Human beings are not commodities
The cornerstone of Catholic social teaching is that human life is sacred. As such the Catholic Conference evaluates any law, policy, or program in terms of its impact on the life and dignity of the human person.
Teaching on the economy
Catholic teaching on the economy reflects this emphasis on the human person. Pope John Paul II put it quite directly in his 1981 encyclical letter, Laborem exercens. He recalled that the error of early capitalism can be repeated wherever humans are treated as mere instruments or means of production and not as ends in themselves.
Catholic conferences bring Church’s message
The springtime of the year is a season for debates over state budgets. Here, as in other places, state Catholic Conferences are part of the conversation.
And here, as in other states, the issues of concern to state Catholic Conferences don’t fit neatly into the conventional liberal-conservative categories.
WCC and the budget proposal
In Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Catholic Conference (WCC) backs the governor’s recommendations regarding the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program and his proposal to remove the mandate that health insurance policies include contraceptive services coverage, even when religious organizations do not want to purchase such coverage.
The WCC also supports budget provisions that limit or end funding for family planning programs, but also urges that those funds be redirected to programs that help pregnant women and their children.