'Baby Joseph' likely to have surgery within days, hospital says - CNN.com
'Baby Joseph' likely to have surgery within days, hospital says - CNN.com
Good will to all men? Not from the grumpy atheists! (Thank God not all atheists are grumpy but there sure seems to be a lot of them)
Why is it that so many in the atheist community cannot bring themselves to get past their anger whenever they engage in discussions? The language of many of their contributions in public debate is laced with invective and dripping with sarcasm and bile. There are exceptions of course, but they tend to fall more into the category of being the 'exception that proves the rule' when compared to the hostility of many of today's atheist posters. Comment offered by the theists in the public square is often depicted as being 'malicious' or 'venomous' and intended to enslave the 'feeble minded and weak' by those who post. Nothing could be further from the truth. Venom is something that is oriented to death. Christians are oriented in a 180 degree different direction. We speak not to the culture of death that grips our world but rather for the culture of life and light which ends with the gift of eternal life. For example, the Catholic Church in its hum...
Have to agree with the statement that the Bishop of London should have made a statement as should the CCCB but have lost all faith in that Salt and Light thing.It seems the boss there is angling for a bishopric.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the London Health Centre for its decision.Extraordinary means are not demended to suatain a life.This is one bone the pro-life people should have handled differently. It would have been a good teaching moment about Catholic ethics.Instead they have resorted to loud denunciations and attack.
Have always wondered why we have "Priests fpr Life'...is there an opposite group?
Father Tim, have you any idea why there was no word about this from our Canadian clergy? other than yourself, that is. I am ashamed to be a Canadian.
ReplyDeleteJulie: I have no idea why this has not been addressed by Canadian clergy other than to attribute it to a misplaced sense of being 'pastoral' (a.k.a. non-confrontational or dogmatic).
ReplyDeletePersonally, I wouldn't have had any difficulty if the family had decided to follow the advice of the London Hospital (extraordinary means are not obligatory), but once they chose a different path, they should have had the support of the entire panoply of the pro-life movement. They most certainly should not have been denied the right to bring Joseph home with a tracheotomy so that they could have cared for him there.
Fr. Tim
It all boils down to MONEY!
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