Catholic teaching on abortion is clear, says archbishop

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The archbishop of Kansas’ statement concerning actions of Catholic governor Kathleen Sebelius who has consistently thwarted all attempts by pro-lifers.

… I have an obligation to make certain that Catholics understand clearly the doctrinal and moral teachings of the church. In his 1995 encyclical letter, “The Gospel of Life,” Pope John Paul II reiteratedthe clear and consistent teaching of the church:
“Therefore, by the authority which Christ conferred upon Peter and his Successors, and in communion with the Bishops of the Catholic Church, I confirm that the direct and voluntary killing of an innocent human being is always gravely immoral. This doctrine, based upon that unwritten law which man, in the light of reason, finds in his own heart (cf. Rom 2: 14-15), is reaffirmed by Sacred Scripture, transmitted by the Tradition of the Church and taught by the ordinary and universal Magisterium. The deliberate decision to deprive an innocent human being of his life is always morally evil and can never be licit either as an end itself or as a means to a good end ”…

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He also issued a second statement, “Catholics called to bring faith to bear on public issues”.
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