10 Things Catholics should know about USCCB Conference

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For what it’s worth, after this whole debate went down with the USCCB, Pope Francis affirmed that in the United States, abortion is the preeminent priority:


Now just because one issue is deemed the most important, doesn’t mean that other issues are viewed as meaningless. All of the other groups mentioned in the OP are not neglected just because abortion is viewed as the most important issue at this time. I would even go so far as to say at the parish level there is far more effort to help the poor, infirm, etc., than focusing on abortion. The narrative that the Church is “obsessed” with abortion at the expense of all else is just plain nonsense and is just an attempt to weaken the pro-life cause by falsely accusing pro-life activists of caring about nothing but abortion.
 
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For what it’s worth, after this whole debate went down with the USCCB, Pope Francis affirmed that in the United States, abortion is the preeminent priority:
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That is not what the Pope said.

He said: “Protecting human life is the “preeminent” social and political issue”.

This is in context with item 101 of his encyclical “Gaudete et Exsultate.”

The other harmful ideological error is found in those who find suspect the social engagement of others, seeing it as superficial, worldly, secular, materialist, communist or populist. Or they relativize it, as if there are other more important matters, or the only thing that counts is one particular ethical issue or cause that they themselves defend. Our defence of the innocent unborn, for example, needs to be clear, firm and passionate, for at stake is the dignity of a human life, which is always sacred and demands love for each person, regardless of his or her stage of development. Equally sacred, however, are the lives of the poor, those already born, the destitute, the abandoned and the underprivileged, the vulnerable infirm and elderly exposed to covert euthanasia, the victims of human trafficking, new forms of slavery, and every form of rejection.[84] We cannot uphold an ideal of holiness that would ignore injustice in a world where some revel, spend with abandon and live only for the latest consumer goods, even as others look on from afar, living their entire lives in abject poverty.

EQUALLY SACRED, HOWEVER ARE
  1. the lives of the poor,
  2. those already born,
  3. the destitute,
  4. the abandoned
  5. the underprivileged,
  6. the vulnerable infirm
  7. elderly exposed to covert euthanasia,
  8. the victims of human trafficking,
  9. new forms of slavery,
  10. every form of rejection
 
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Weserthy said:
For what it’s worth, after this whole debate went down with the USCCB, Pope Francis affirmed that in the United States, abortion is the preeminent priority:
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When asked:
“His response to that was, ‘Of course, it is. It’s the most fundamental right,’” Archbishop Naumann recalled the pope saying. “He said, ‘This is not first a religious issue; it’s a human rights issue,’ which is so true.”

You will notice the Pope was selected in his words. He excluded the use of the word “preeminent”.
 
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