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Cardinal Ouellet and Ottawa Archbishop: “The Abortion Debate is on”
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By Patrick B. Craine
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QUEBEC CITY, Quebec, May 26, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - “The abortion debate is on and we must not be afraid of it,” declared Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Archbishop of Quebec and Primate of Canada, in a press conference today, jointly hosted with Archbishop Terrence Prendergast of Ottawa.
The cardinal hosted the press conference following the overwhelming and hostile reaction from media and politicians to his comments at a pro-life conference in Montreal last weekend, in which he stressed the Church’s teaching against abortion in all cases, including rape.
The reaction to his remarks “was completely without measure," he said, adding that “only part of my message has been received and interpreted.”
“From the outset, I want to emphasize that my comment in defence of the innocent child, even in cases of rape, was motivated by the desire to call to mind the dignity of women in all circumstances, and the respect due to all new human life,” he said.
He explained that there’s “a real social malaise around abortion,” with a lot of suffering for women and families, which makes it difficult to speak about the issue. But he emphasized that abortion must be addressed for the health of society.
He decried Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s refusal to discuss abortion, insisting that “there is debate, and there must be debate.” “I deplore this attitude of many of our representatives who do not appear willing to face up to the injustice our country condones in offering no legal protection for a child in its mother’s womb,” he said.
lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/may/10052609.html
The Canadian Push Back has STARTED
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By Patrick B. Craine
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QUEBEC CITY, Quebec, May 26, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - “The abortion debate is on and we must not be afraid of it,” declared Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Archbishop of Quebec and Primate of Canada, in a press conference today, jointly hosted with Archbishop Terrence Prendergast of Ottawa.
The cardinal hosted the press conference following the overwhelming and hostile reaction from media and politicians to his comments at a pro-life conference in Montreal last weekend, in which he stressed the Church’s teaching against abortion in all cases, including rape.
The reaction to his remarks “was completely without measure," he said, adding that “only part of my message has been received and interpreted.”
“From the outset, I want to emphasize that my comment in defence of the innocent child, even in cases of rape, was motivated by the desire to call to mind the dignity of women in all circumstances, and the respect due to all new human life,” he said.
He explained that there’s “a real social malaise around abortion,” with a lot of suffering for women and families, which makes it difficult to speak about the issue. But he emphasized that abortion must be addressed for the health of society.
He decried Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s refusal to discuss abortion, insisting that “there is debate, and there must be debate.” “I deplore this attitude of many of our representatives who do not appear willing to face up to the injustice our country condones in offering no legal protection for a child in its mother’s womb,” he said.
lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/may/10052609.html
The Canadian Push Back has STARTED
