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.
I believe that the most destructive thing that Catholic clergy or laity can say is " the Pope isn't saying anything the church hasn't being saying for years," or " don't take literally for every word that he says." The pope needs the Savior the same as the rest of us do, but he does not need saviors. He needs listeners who are in the dark as opposed to those who are in the know. It's an extremely difficult task for him in a world where knowledge is so highly esteemed and where admiration/human glory is the ultimate goal. From my point of view the most basic and important message that Pope Francis is teaching by his example at this particular stage of his mission is that certitude and the need for it must be heaved out the window. None of us are God and only the brainwashed could/ would believe otherwise.
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