The May 2010 Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Newsletter can now be found at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/Newsletters/Newsletter108(May2010)(RGB).pdf Bill C-384 was soundly defeated by a vote of 228 to 59. Check how the Members of Parliament voted at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/HowTheyVoted.pdf On June 5, 2010, we are co-hosting the US/Canda Push-Back Seminar at the Radisson Gateway Hotel at the Seattle/Tacoma Airport. The overwhelming defeat of Bill C-384 proved that we can Push-Back the euthanasia lobby in the US and Canada and convince people that euthanasia and assisted suicide are a dangerous public policy. Register for the Seminar at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/2010SeminarFlyer(RGB)(LetterFormat).pdf The Schindler family are being attacked by a Florida television station and Michael Schiavo. The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition is standing in solidarity with the Schindler family. My blog comments: http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2010/05/att
Reflections from the pastoral ministry of an Evangelical Catholic Priest.
Cooperation is something that will not be achieved overnight. It is complicated and we also have 500 years of history to overcome.
ReplyDeletePrejudice and church loyalty are hard to integrate into the 21st century thinking. As one married to a Roman Catholic one has to overcome bigotry and bias almost on a daily basis. One of the difficulties comes from an unexpected wing of Catholicism, and that is the extreme right or fundamentalists who preach extreme loyalty to Catholicism, reminding all who would listen that the Catholic Church is the only way to heaven. Included are such statements as "there is no salvation outside the Catholic Church", or the "fullness of truth exists only in the Catholic Church."
It is complicated and not easy to obtain unity, especially when there is a lack of charity.
Cliff