Colombia bishop: If they force us to kill, we will close our hospitals

[_Abyssinia]

A top Colombian archbishop warned that if the country’s government persists in forcing Catholic hospitals to start practicing euthanasia on patients, the Church will close all its health centers.

Bishop Juan Vicente Cordoba Cordoba – head the Colombian Catholic bishops’ conference – vowed that the bishops would appeal to “national and international legal institutions and if we don’t get answers on euthanasia, we will proceed to close all our hospitals if they insist on forcing us to kill.”

The statement was issued to local newswire Colprensa and picked up by the Colombian newspaper El Universal de Cartagena.

ewtnnews.com/catholic-news/World.php?id=11994

 

[ProdglArchitect]

Good for the Archbishop. It would be sad to see the Church prevented from doing the good it desires to, but we cannot be a party to murder.

 

[baliano]

If the ACLU has it’s way in the courts, this may be coming to the US. Let’s pray the USCCB has as much strength.

 

[St_Francis]

If the ACLU has it’s way in the courts, this may be coming to the US. Let’s pray the USCCB has as much strength.

And let’s hope they close the hospitals rather than selling them.

 

[Johann_du_Toit]

Funny, I always thought the Colombian Constitution specifically stated the Right to Life “is absolute”.

Guess judicial activism is not confined to the US, Europe and South Africa.

 

[FollowChrist34]

If the ACLU has it’s way in the courts, this may be coming to the US. Let’s pray the USCCB has as much strength.

Yes, this push from the far left, such as the ACLU, is not to be overlooked in the US. I think it is reasonable to assume that Catholic hospitals (and other institutions, such as adoption organizations) will end up closing down here as well.