End of Life: Pope Did Not Want to "Immit" Himself in French Politics
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Pope Leo defends entering political fray on France end-of-life law - Regional Media News
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Pope Leo on Monday defended his decision to vocally oppose assisted dying initiatives while in France, acknowledging he may have entered the political fray two months after the country approved such a measure, but wanted to share [...]
"When the Church speaks of defending life, when she speaks of issues of social doctrine, she does not enter into politics, she applies the Gospel to the lives of people," explained the American pope to the journalists on board the plane bringing him back to Italy. "I would say that, according to the understanding that the Church has of the separation between the Church and politics, or between the Church and the State, I have not crossed this bo…
Pope Leo defends entering political fray on France end-of-life law
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT, Sept 28 (Reuters) – Pope Leo on Monday defended his decision to vocally oppose assisted dying initiatives while in France, acknowledging he may have entered the political fray two months after the country approved such a measure, but wanted to share the Catholic Church’s viewpoint. “If that’s politics, I did that, but it was not to get involved in French politics, it was to teach what the Church really believes,” t…
Pope Leo XIV has claimed the right and duty of the Church to intervene publicly in defense of human life in the face of euthanasia and has rejected that doing so constitutes an interference in politics. “When the Church speaks of the defense of life or of questions of social doctrine, not [...]
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