Pope Benedict XVI: "The Only 'Equitable' Laws are Those that Defend the Sacredness of Human Life"

Subject:	Pope Benedict XVI: "The Only 'Equitable' Laws are Those that Defend the Sacredness of Human Life"
Date:	Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:43:56 -0500

His Holiness is fullfilling his spiritual and moral obligation of speaking
out against what has become a 'culture of death'. He is uniquely qualified
to understand the stakes and he possesses the stature to draw the world's
attention to this modern Holocaust engulfing the young, old, and infirm.

http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/dec/09121710.html

Pope: "The Only 'Equitable' Laws are Those that Defend the Sacredness of
Human Life"

By John-Henry Westen

VATICAN CITY, December 16, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Speaking yesterday,
Pope Benedict XVI called attention to the writings of John of Salisbury, the
Bishop of Chartres in France who died in 1180.

John of Salisbury wrote, said Benedict XVI, that natural law is "an
objective and immutable truth, the origin of which is in God, a truth
accessible to human reason and which concerns practical and social
activities." From natural law, he added, "human legislation, and political
and religious authorities, must draw inspiration in order to promote the
common good."

The Holy Father explained that the 12th century Bishop wrote of "equity," a
property of natural law, by which is meant "giving each person his rights."

"John of Salisbury would remind us today," said the Pope, "that the only
'equitable' laws are those that defend the sacredness of human life and
reject the legitimacy of abortion, euthanasia and unrestrained genetic
experimentation; the laws that respect the dignity of marriage between a man
and a woman, that are inspired by a correct understanding of the secularism
of the State - a secularism that must always include the safeguarding of
religious freedom - and that seek subsidiarity and solidarity at the
national and international level."

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J Young
Jvisions@live.com

A very Merry Christmas to all!