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...
Much of what he says makes some sense. The Catholic Church is always in need of reform... it's a bit of a truism. However the notion that the Catholic Church can and ought to conform with contemporary progress, liberalism, and civilization is a bit suspect. Indeed, the Church is called to stand in opposition to the culture, not slavishly following it.
ReplyDeleteLet us not forget whose Church it is. It might be more useful to remake the Church in his image instead of our own.
Moreover, many of the reforms the bishop proposes have already been adopted in other churches. It might be useful to look at them.
"Let us not forget whose Church it is. It might be more useful to remake the Church in his image instead of our own."
ReplyDeleteBut...if, as you claim, you are made "in his image," then is not his image the same as your own?