Archbishop
Chaput: Deliberate killing of innocent is uniquely wicked
(Vatican
Radio) “The deliberate killing of innocent life is a uniquely wicked act. No
amount of contextualizing or deflecting our attention to other issues can
obscure that.”
This
was the response of the Archbishop of Philadelphia, Charles J. Chaput, OFM
Cap., to the revelations from a series of secret videos exposing the practices
of leading abortion provider, Planned Parenthood.
In
his August 10 article on
Philly.com, Archbishop Chaput said “no amount of contextualizing or
deflecting our attention to other issues” can obsure the fact there is no
equivalence between the killing of the innocent and other evil acts, such as
theft or assault, stating “only a very confused conscience would equate
thieving and homicide.”
The
Archbishop admitted a case is sometimes made that abortion is mainly a cultural
and moral issue, and politics is a poor solution to the problem.
“The
curious thing is that some of the same voices that argue against political
action on the abortion issue seem quite comfortable urging vigorous political
engagement on issues like health care, homelessness and the environment,” he
said.
He
called the failure of the recent efforts in the United States Senate to defund
Planned Parenthood a “public failure of character by every Catholic senator who
voted against it.”
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