After Obama cancelled the “Mexico City Policy” of non financing organizations that do not exclude abortion as a tool of family planning, the Vartican and the catholic church in general attacked him. Apart from the usual arguments (defending life etc) I was stunned by one comment : “Monsignor” Rino Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Academy for life accused Obama of the “arrogance typical of those who believe that they are right”.
A few days earlier, the Turin Cardinal, Poletto, reacting to a statement by the Region’s President about the readiness of its public structures to deal finally with the case of a lady who has been in coma for the past 16 years and whose right to die has been challenged by the Church and the right wing politicians (for selfish political interest) stated that “God’s law is above the human law”.
And remember the Popes traveling to Africa and making speeches against the use of condoms, right in those areas where AIDS is decimating the population.
Who says that they are right ? self-serving auto-certification on the basis of a smoky philosophy of natural law ?
Aren’t they arrogant ? it was good to read these days that Rabbis reminded the Church that for Jews, human law must be respected. On the contrary, bishops and the Vatican, especially in Italy, Spain and the USA, call for non respect of State laws, want to dictate to the States what the laws must be.
Monsignor Fisichella and Cardinal Poletto missed an opportunity to shut up showing that the arrogance lies with the Catholic Church. But it may be a reaction to their constant decline in influence and power. A real reactionary policy.
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