※ [本文轉錄自 Christianity 看板] 作者: falstaff (no day but today) 看板: Christianity 標題: Re: 天主教對墮胎的看法 時間: Sat Nov 17 05:36:51 2007 這是美國天主教的主教 前天11/15發表的投票指南 對支持墮胎的候選人比較有彈性 主要是對美國的天主教徒 底下是連結跟摘錄 Catholic Bishops Offer Voting Guide, Allowing Some Flexibility on Issue of Abortion http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/15/us/15bishops.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Past documents allowed Catholics to vote, in certain cases, for candidates who support abortion rights. But the issue has garnered renewed interest this year with the Republican candidacy of Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former mayor of New York and a Catholic, who supports abortion rights. The set of principles discusses "intrinsic evils" and defines them as actions that "must always be rejected and opposed." "A prime example is the intentional taking of innocent human life, as in abortion," the document says. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has been issuing reflections on how the church's moral teachings should shape Catholics' political decisions since 1976. But this was the first time that an open discussion was held on the document and that the 300 or so bishops had the chance to vote for it. Rather, it is "a summary of Catholic teaching," Bishop DiMarzio said. "It offers a basic moral framework on what it means to be a Catholic and American, a believer and a voter in this coming election year." "Can a Catholic in good conscience vote for a candidate who is pro-choice?" said the Rev. Thomas J. Reese, a fellow at the Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown University. "What they are saying is, 'Yes.'" --

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