So that all may understand what Pope Francis is reported to have done for the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy, here is the current practice in the Church.
Abortion that is deliberately procured (in other words: asked for by a woman who knows that it is gravely wrong and that it can get her separated from the life of the Church) or that is deliberately performed on another results in “excommunication latae sententiae”…an archaic way of saying: By your thoughtless and heartless act, you have separated yourself from the Body of Christ. Nobody did this to you. You did it to yourself.
That is how seriously the Church takes the UNJUST AND EVIL TERMINATION of human life.
Of course the Church understands the difficulty that women sometimes find themselves in….but no difficulty is ever so that it can justify terminating life in the womb.
It is a RESERVED SIN…which means that it takes a bishop to absolve it in the Sacrament of Penance.
In actual practice, bishops will grant some, if not all of their priests, the “faculties” (read: powers) to forgive these sins in his behalf.
During the Jubilee Year of Mercy, it seems that Pope Francis is minded on granting the faculty to all priests.
Does this make abortion any more benign? IT CAN NEVER BE BENIGN…and that is why Pope Francis’ gesture means a lot.
It confronts the horror of the sin of abortion with the available mercy of God through the sacrament of penance, that can now, for such sins, be administered through the ministry of a priest, the minister of the church.
So far from saying that abortion is not as bad as it has been made of, by the Church, Pope Francis is actually saying: SEE HOW GREAT THE MERCY OF GOD IS THAT SUCH A HORRIBLE THING AS ABORTION FINDS FORGIVENESS IN HIS GENTLE HEART when one of course is truly penitent. –FR. RANHILIO CALLANGAN AQUINO
– See more at: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/535441/opinion/abortion-remains-the-terrible-thing-it-is-so-pope-francis-gesture-means-a-lot#sthash.5FzUlNuQ.dpuf
Nov 16 – International Day for Tolerance
“No more toleration of corruption!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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November
Nov 2 – Intl Day to End Impunity for
Crimes Against Journalists
Nov 9 – World Science Day for Peace
and Development
Nov 16 – International Day for Tolerance
Nov 19 – World Toilet Day
Nov 20 – World Children’s Day
Nov 25 – Intl Day for the Elimination of
Violence Against Women
Monthly Observances:
Homes Safety Month
Filipino Values Month
National Rice Awareness Month
National Consciousness Month
for Punctuality and Civility
Environmental Awareness Month
National Children’s Month
Organic Agriculture Month
Weekly Observances:
Nov 19-25: Global Warming and
Climate Change Consciousness Week
Nov 23-29: National Girls’ Week
Population and Development Week
Nov 25 – Dec 12: Social Welfare Week
18-Day Campaign to End
Violence against Women
Week 2: Week 3: Drug Abuse Prevention
and Control Week
Last Week: Safety and Accident
Prevention Week
Daily Observances:
Last Saturday: Career Executive Service
Day
Nov 19: National Child Health Day
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