Pope Francis on Monday again
decried abortion and euthanasia as being part of a culture of
waste and death.
Speaking to some 100 participants in the 2-day general assembly
of the Vatican's Pontifical Academy for Life, Francis lamented
today's culture of waste which does away with babies with
abortion, killing them directly, Vatican News reported.
This has become a "normal" habit, which is very ugly and "really
a murder".
In this regard, the Pope asked a double question: "Is it right
to eliminate, to take a human life to solve a problem? Is it
right to hire a hitman to solve a problem? That's what abortion
is."
The Holy Father also spoke about the elderly, who are regarded
as "waste material" a bit because they are of no use... But they
are roots of wisdom, which this civilization discards.
He denounced what he described as the law of "hidden"
euthanasia, which shortens the life of the elderly who are
provided only half the medicines, arguing they are expensive.
Catholic academics, universities and hospitals, the Pope said,
cannot walk the road of "waste".
The pope also appealed to countries like Italy with free
universal health care "never to lose it".
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