The Pope and Abortion in Brazil
Brazilian president is about to enact pro-abortion law, and the pope does not know about it
By Julio
Severo
A bill protecting
victims of sexual violence was passed by stealth in the Brazilian Congress
recently. There is no problem in laws protecting such victims. But pro-abortion
groups praised it because it will effectively legalize abortion in Brazil. It
will enforce another law that says that to get an abortion is enough for a
woman to say that she was a victim of rape. There is no need of medical and
legal evidence. Any woman can get an abortion by alleging violence.
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| Pope Francis and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff |
Pro-life groups
throughout Brazil are pressing the Catholic National Conference of Bishops of
Brazil (NCBB) to convince Rousseff not to enact the pro-abortion bill. But NCBB,
traditionally aligned with many of the Liberation
Theology tenets, has been divided about an opposition to the bill.
Rousseff will
react according to the popular mobilization she sees. She is seeing some small Catholic
and evangelical groups opposing. She is seeing NCBB divided. And in this urgent
context, where abortion can be legalized at any moment, the pope comes to visit
Brazil!
Just one word
from Pope Francis asking Rousseff not to enact the abortion law would be more
than enough for her to comply with his wishes. His word represents the will of
millions of Catholics, and Brazil is the largest Catholic nation in the world.
Rousseff is with
her pen in her hand, ready to sign into law the pro-abortion bill, but she is
waiting. If the pope speaks up, pro-abortion groups will suffer
inevitable defeat. If the pope leaves Brazil without speaking up, pro-life
groups will have a hard time to explain about the urgency and importance of the
pro-abortion bill. After all, if it is
so pressing, why did not the pope speak up?
Rousseff and
Brazil are waiting the specific pro-life words by the pope on the pro-abortion bill
that she is about to sign into law.
If the pope
leaves Brazil without such words, the Catholic National Conference of Bishops
of Brazil will have innocent blood in its hands.
Portuguese version of this article: O
Papa e o Aborto no Brasil
Source: Julio Severo in English: www.lastdayswatchman.blogspot.com
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Yesterday night, on saturday 27th, I had commented this article in Portuguese. I wished that I had made a comment in English too, but it was late night and I already tired. So I would like to post the same comment I had made in Portuguese.
ReplyDeleteI think the situation of Pope Francis about the Catholic Church in Brazil, loosely speaking (mutatis mudantis), is similar to the situation that the Church found out in Germany in Hittler’s time. I repeat, LOOSELY SPEAKING (guardadas as devidas proporções). I mean Pope Pius XII had been remained in silence about the Nazism, but it was not due a omission, cause he knew that the spoke loudly, the consequences for the Catholics (and other cristians too) and the jews it would be worse. Nowadays in Brazil, the PT (Partido dos Trabalhadores) is making efforts to build a “laicy society”, it means a non-christian society. In this context, an hostil world of Pope Francis could make the differences between the Brazilian government and the Catholic Church become more accentuated yet. However, the Pope can, throught the bishops and the priests who are faithful to the authentic Catholic faith, fight against the policy pro-abortion and I belive he is doing that! May God help all of His children! God have mercy on Brazil.
Third anonymous commenter in the Portuguese version of this article.