By Timothy Cardinal Dolan
Recently, over an enjoyable meal, a rabbi friend and I discussed at
length a litany of controversial issues, from immigration to the death
penalty; from minimum wage to abortion; from prison reform to
physician-assisted-suicide. We agreed on some, differed on others. At
the end of our pleasant conversation, my colleague teased me, “The
trouble with you is that you’re so damn consistent!”
I take that as a compliment! Our belief in the dignity of the human
person, and the sanctity of human life — a conviction the rabbi and I
share — leads to what we Catholics call a “consistent ethic of life,”
what Pope St. John Paul II called a “culture of life,” what Pope Francis
refers to as “an ecology of inclusion and protection for the most
vulnerable.”
This leads us to affirm the civil rights of the innocent baby in the
womb and to oppose the death penalty; to advocate for both the
vulnerable refugee and for the struggling laborer. This consistency is
hardly unique to us Catholics, but characterizes the values of people of
many religions, or none at all. It’s a bedrock principle of this great
Republic founded upon certain self-evident, inalienable rights.
Recently, we’ve been let down by our national and state executives.
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Source: The New York Daily News (via The Empire Report)
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