“Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. There may be legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about waging war and applying the death penalty, but not... with regard to abortion and euthanasia.” MayWarMoralOpinionIssuesDiversityWeightRegardCatholicAbortionPenaltiesDeath PenaltyEuthanasiaMoral IssuesWaging War Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“A Catholic would be guilty of formal cooperation in evil, and so unworthy to present himself for Holy Communion, if he were to deliberately vote for a candidate precisely because of the candidate's permissive stand on abortion and/or euthanasia.” IfsWould BeEvilHolyVoteCatholicGuiltyCandidatesAbortionCooperationFormalCommunionUnworthyEuthanasiaHoly Communion Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“Euthanasia is a grave violation of the law of God, since it is the deliberate and morally unacceptable killing of a human person.” HumansPersonsLawCatholicKillingGravesDeliberateViolationEuthanasia Book:The Encyclicals of John Paul II Source: The Encyclicals of John Paul II
“Taking into account these distinctions, in harmony with the Magisterium of my Predecessors[81] and in communion with the Bishops of the Catholic Church, I confirm that euthanasia is a grave violation of the law of God, since it is the deliberate and morally unacceptable killing of a human person.” HumansPersonsLawChurchAccountsHarmonyCatholicKillingGravesAbortionDistinctionCommunionDeliberateViolationCatholic ChurchBishopsPredecessorsEuthanasia Author:Pope John Paul II
“In the Catholic view of things, abortion is a justice issue, not an issue of sexual morality... it is a civil rights issue, arguably the greatest civil rights issue of our time.” JusticeViewsIssuesRightsMoralityCatholicCivil RightsOur TimeAbortionEuthanasia Book:The Truth of Catholicism: Ten Controversies Explored Source: The Truth of Catholicism: Ten Controversies Explored
“While the Church exhorts civil authorities to seek peace, not war, and to exercise discretion and mercy in imposing punishment on criminals, it may still be permissible to take up arms to repel an aggressor or to have recourse to capital punishment. There may be a legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about waging war and applying the death penalty, but not however with regard to abortion and euthanasia.” MayStillsWarChurchOpinionArmsExerciseAuthorityDiversityMercyRegardCatholicCriminalsPunishmentAbortionPenaltiesDeath PenaltyDiscretionImposingEuthanasiaCapital PunishmentRecourseAggressorsPeace Not WarWaging War Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“Those who advocate euthanasia have capitalized on people's confusion, ambivalence and even fear about the use of modern life-prolonging technologies. Being able to choose the time and manner of one's death, without regard to what is chosen is presented as the ultimate freedom.” PeopleUseAbleTechnologyModernUltimateRegardCatholicChosenConfusionModern LifeEuthanasiaAmbivalenceProlongingUltimate Freedom Author:Pope John Paul II
“Euthanasia and assisted suicide are never acceptable acts of mercy. They always gravely exploit the suffering and desperate, extinguishing life in the name of the 'quality of life' itself.” SufferingNamesQualityMercyCatholicSuicideDesperateAcceptableExploitsQuality Of LifeEuthanasiaAssisted Suicide Author:Pope John Paul II
“Abortion, euthanasia, human cloning, for example, risk reducing the human person to a mere object: life and death to order, as it were!” HumansPersonsOrderRiskExampleObjectsCatholicMereAbortionLife And DeathReducingEuthanasiaCloningHuman Cloning Author:Pope John Paul II