Friday, December 29, 2017
Youcat commented through CCC – Question n. 379 – Part II.
(Youcat
answer - repeated) Murder and acting as an accomplice to murder are forbidden.
Killing unarmed civilians during a war is forbidden. The abortion of a human
being, from the moment of conception on, is forbidden. Suicide,
self-mutilation, and self-destructive behavior are forbidden. Euthanasia — killing the handicapped, the sick,
and the dying — is also forbidden.
A deepening through CCC
(CCC 2270)
Human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of
conception. From the first moment of his existence, a human being must be
recognized as having the rights of a person - among which is the inviolable
right of every innocent being to life
(Cf. CDF, Donum vitae I, 1). Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
and before you were born I consecrated you (Jer 1:5; cf. Job 10:8-12; Ps
22:10-11). My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret,
intricately wrought in the depths of the earth (Ps 139:15).
Reflecting and meditating
(Youcat comment) Today people often try to get around the
Fifth Commandment with seemingly humane arguments. But neither euthanasia nor
abortion is a humane solution. That is why the Church is perfectly clear on
these questions. Whoever participates in an abortion, forces a woman to undergo
an abortion, or merely advises her to do so is automatically excommunicated
just as with other crimes against human life. If a psychologically ill person
commits suicide, responsibility for the act of killing is often diminished and
in many cases completely annulled.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 2271)
Since the first century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every
procured abortion. This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable.
Direct abortion, that is to say, abortion willed either as an end or a means,
is gravely contrary to the moral law: You shall not kill the embryo by abortion
and shall not cause the newborn to perish (Didache
2, 2: SCh 248, 148; cf. Ep. Barnabae
19, 5: PG 2, 777; Ad Diognetum 5, 6:
PG 2, 1173; Tertullian, Apol. 9: PL
1, 319-320). God, the Lord of life, has entrusted to men the noble mission of
safeguarding life, and men must carry it out in a manner worthy of themselves.
Life must be protected with the utmost care from the moment of conception:
abortion and infanticide are abominable crimes (GS 51 § 3).
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