There was little attention
given to this on this side of the Atlantic, and I was unaware until this
week. But I cannot ignore this nor
leave it unnoted:
In a February 8 interview with one of Italy’s most prominent dailies, Corriere Della Serra, Pope Francis praised Italy’s leading proponent of abortion – Emma Bonino -- as one of the nation’s “forgotten greats,” comparing her to great historical figures such as Konrad Adenauer and Robert Schuman. Knowing that his praise of her may be controversial, the Pope said that she offered the best advice to Italy on learning about Africa, and admitted she thinks differently from us. “True, but never mind,” he said. “We have to look at people, at what they do.”
At 27, Bonino had an illegal abortion and then
worked with the Information Centre on Sterilization and Abortion which boasted
over 10,000 abortions. There are famous photos of Bonino performing illegal
abortions using a homemade device operated by a bicycle pump. Arrested
for the then-illegal activity she spent a few days in jail and was acquitted
and entered politics.
When she was appointed Italy’s foreign minister in
2013 there was a general outcry from life and family leaders at the appalling
situation.
Responding to the Pope’s praise of Bonino, pro-life
leaders in Italy expressed disbelief. “How can the pope praise a woman
that is best known in Italy for practicing illegal abortion and promoting
abortion?” commented Msgr. Ignacio Barreiro, who was until last year the head
of the Rome office of Human Life International.
Good question. My answer is that Francis is a lib pope
who should not be the bishop of anything.
Us Anglicans have our faults for sure. But at least we have the canonical means to remove bishops who call evil good and good evil. Unfortunate Roman Catholics can only grin and bear it or resort to sedevacantism.
Us Anglicans have our faults for sure. But at least we have the canonical means to remove bishops who call evil good and good evil. Unfortunate Roman Catholics can only grin and bear it or resort to sedevacantism.
I better stop there. Even after a few days to cool off,
Francis’ statement so outrages me, I hardly trust myself to say more.
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A hat tip, with prayers, to
Rorate Caeli for bringing my attention to this.
1 comment:
For more detail, I suggest The Remnant Newspaper article by Hilary White, Feb. 26, 2016. I don't know how to do links, so you'll have to google it if you are interested.
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