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The official teachings of the Catechism of the Catholic Church promulgated by Pope John Paul II in 1992 oppose all forms of abortion procedures whose direct purpose is to destroy a zygote, blastocyst, embryo or fetus, since it holds that "human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception.
[16] [17] The Catholic Church, [18] [19] the Eastern Orthodox Church, [20] [21] Oriental Orthodoxy, and most evangelical Protestants oppose deliberate abortion as immoral, while allowing what is sometimes called indirect abortion, namely, an action that does not seek the death of the fetus as an end or a means but that is followed by the death ...
Following the 1968 publication of Humanae Vitae, an encyclical by Pope Paul VI that expressly forbade abortion and most methods of birth control [9] and that sowed controversy within the church over its restatement of the prohibition on birth control, [10] Catholic bishops in the United States started to stress anti-abortion views as a central facet of Catholic identity and preached against ...
In the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches (CCEC) for the Eastern Catholic Churches, the legislations concerning abortion equivalent to canon 1397 §2, are canons 728 §2 and 1450 §2. In the CCEC, the excommunication for abortion is not automatic , and the decision on whether to excommunicate or not those who have performed abortion is up ...
Pope Francis will give all priests discretion during the Roman Catholic Church's upcoming Holy Year to formally forgive women who have had abortions, in the Argentine pontiff's latest move towards ...
Christianity and abortion have a long and complex history. Condemnation of abortion by Christians goes back to the 1st century with texts such as the Didache, the Epistle of Barnabas, and the Apocalypse of Peter. In later years some Christian writers argued that abortion was acceptable under certain circumstances, such as when necessary to save ...
Archbishop Thomas Wenski wrote a column earlier this year in the Florida Catholic urging all residents to vote “No” on Amendment 4, which seeks to broaden abortion access for Floridians.
[33] [5] The Catholic Church, [34] [35] the Eastern Orthodox Church, [36] [37] Oriental Orthodoxy, and most Evangelical Protestants oppose deliberate abortion as immoral while allowing what is sometimes called indirect abortion, namely, an action that does not seek the death of the foetus as an end or a means, but that is followed by the death ...