Catholic World News - November 17, 2014
Emphasizing that all human life is sacred, Pope Francis addressed the Association of Italian Catholic Doctors and lamented abortion, euthanasia, and immoral reproductive technologies.
“Attention to human life, especially that in greatest difficulty, that is, to the sick, the elderly, children, deeply involves the mission of the Church,” the Pope said on November 15. “The Church also feels called to participate in the debate that relates to human life, presenting its proposal based on the Gospel.”
“In many places, the quality of life is related primarily to economic means, to "well-being", to the beauty and enjoyment of the physical, forgetting other more profound dimensions of existence-- interpersonal, spiritual and religious,” he continued. “In fact, in the light of faith and right reason, human life is always sacred and always ‘of quality.’ There is no human life that is more sacred than another-- every human life is sacred-- just as there is no human life qualitatively more significant than another, only by virtue of resources, rights, great social and economic opportunities.”
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