Nice Open Letter Against Euthanasia Paglia
Pro-lifers Thomas Ward, Christine de Marcellus Vollmer and Steven Mosher have written an open letter in response to Archbishop Paglia's recent promotion of euthanasia (English text below).
They speak of a "scandalous betrayal of vulnerable patients" and note that Paglia has never apologised for his irresponsible statement.
According to them, the remaining pro-life members of the Pontifical Academy against Life "must ask Francis to dismiss Archbishop Paglia and replace him with a president who will courageously and unequivocally proclaim the perennial teachings of the Church".
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An Open Letter to
His Excellency, The Most Reverend Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, President of the Pontifical Academy for Life and Members of the Pontifical Academy for Life
“Qui tacet consentire videtur.”
“He who is silent is taken to agree.”
St Thomas More, former Lord Chancellor of England, 1 July 1535.
“Personally I would not practice assisted …More
This just the latest version of the worn out cliché heard for years from Democrats: "I'm personally against this practice, but I'm not against the law that permits it."
Further, the greatest common good cannot be reduced to the greatest common material good, legal mediation or not. Such an approach would reduce moral problems to little else than utilitarianism.
THEIR MISTAKE WAS TO ASK FRANCIS TO DISMISS PAGLIA, WHEN HOMO LOVING FRANCIS IS THE ONE WHO APPOINTED PAGLIA TO THAT OFFICE. DOES ANYONE IN THEIR RIGHT MIND EXPECT FRANCIS TO DO ANYTHING OTHER BUT IGNORE THIS NOBLE LETTER, AND INSTEAD DOUBLE-DOWN IN HIS SUPPORT FOR HOMOSEXUAL PAGLIA? IF THEY EXPECT OR HOPE THAT FRANCIS WOULD CHOOSE THE CATHOLIC RATHER THAN THE APOSTATE OPTION, THEY ARE LIVING IN FANTASY LAND.