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Pondering Tidbits of
Truth is my simple and
inadequate way of providing nuggets of spiritual wisdom for you to chew on from
time to time.
Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.
"Catholics have a duty to work tirelessly for
human dignity at every stage of life, and to demand the same of their
lawmakers. But some issues are jugular. Some issues take priority. Abortion,
immigration law, international trade policy, the death penalty and housing for
the poor are all vitally important issues. But no amount of calculating can
make them equal in gravity. The right to life comes first. It precedes and
undergirds every other social issue or group of issues. This is why Blessed
John XXIII listed it as the first human right in his great encyclical on world
peace, Pacem in Terris and as the U.S.
bishops stressed in their 1998 pastoral letter, Living the Gospel of Life, the right to life is the foundation of
every other right."
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