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[Organ donating is killing]
From the article: "The Vatican Secretary of State then turned to organ donation, a particularly meaningful act in dialysis wards. It reflects the words of Jesus: “No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”
The meeting “When Giving Becomes Care” at Bambino Gesù
This gesture takes on even deeper significance when, in the “immense suffering” of loss, a parent is able to generate “life, hope, and a future” for others—overcoming despair and offering another child “the chance to grow up.”
“Human life is relationship and communion; in a donated body there beats a love that does not surrender to death,” Cardinal Parolin said."

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Cardinal Parolin: Organ donation is an act of love that trascends death

Cardinal Pietro Parolin visits the new dialysis unit at the Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital and speaks at a conference titled "The Culture of Giving", affirming that every contribution becomes “providence passing through human hands.”
By Edoardo Giribaldi
Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin visited the new dialysis unit at the Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital in Rome and spoke at a conference titled “The Culture of Giving”.
Reflecting on the nature of giving in an age when everything is measured “in terms of profit, performance, and utility,” Cardinal Parolin asked: What can we give?
A great deal—in fact, we can give everything. Money, which when inspired by charity becomes a “tool of justice”; an organ, to reaffirm a love that “transcends death”; and time, which in today’s frenetic world becomes “one of the highest forms of charity.”
These were the themes of the Secretary of State’s address on the morning of February 17 in the Salviati Hall of the Bambino Gesù Hospital …

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Die Bärin

@Everyday for Life Canada: Organspende geht nur bei einem noch lebenden Menschen! Von einem Toten können die Organe nicht verwendet werden. Es wird immer wieder vom "Hirntot" gesprochen. Schon Kardinal Meisner sagte einmal, dass der Mensch nicht nur aus Gehirn besteht.

Everyday for Life Canada

Thats my point. If an organ has to be extracted while the donor is still alive, that’s not an act of charity.

Die Bärin

Organspende (wenn es sich nicht nur z. B. um die Spende einer Niere handelt, die den Spender nicht tötet) ist die bewusste Tötung eines Menschen! Das hat aber auch rein gar nichts mit einem Akt der Liebe zu tun! Wer entscheidet, welches Leben "wertvoller" ist als das andere?

Exactly.

Everyday for Life Canada

When we are killing unborn babies on demand, what’s the value of organ donation? Does the Cardinal know that donors are often alive when the organs are removed? Does that mean anything to him? If innocent life in the womb can be killed at will, then life at any stage has been devalued and turned into a commodity. What truly transcends death is the protection of life so that each human being can, if they choose, save their souls by following Christ. The Cardinal is getting old and no doubt worried about his own death that will come to all of us.