Pope: Catholics may not support laws contrary to life.Vatican City--John Paul II Paul II, 1417–71, pope (1464–71), a Venetian named Pietro Barbo; successor of Pius II. He was a nephew of Eugene IV. A Renaissance pope, he patronized printing, beautified and improved Rome, and collected antiquities. reminded the faithful once more, as he has done regularly year after year, that a lawmaker who considers himself a Catholic cannot support laws that are against life or marriage. "I think it is opportune op·por·tune adj. 1. Suited or right for a particular purpose: an opportune place to make camp. 2. Occurring at a fitting or advantageous time: an opportune arrival. to recall that the lawmaker, and the Catholic lawmaker in particular, cannot contribute to the formulation formulation /for·mu·la·tion/ (for?mu-la´shun) the act or product of formulating. American Law Institute Formulation or approval of laws contrary to the first and essential norms that regulate moral life," the Pope said when receiving Carlos Luis Custer, Argentina's new ambassador to the Holy See. These principles, the Holy Father indicated, are an "expression of the highest values of the human person and proceed, ultimately, from God, the supreme lawmaker." John Paul II John Paul II, 1920–2005, pope (1978–2005), a Pole (b. Wadowice) named Karol Józef Wojtyła; successor of John Paul I. He was the first non-Italian pope elected since the Dutch Adrian VI (1522–23) and the first Polish and Slavic pope. called for respect for the "value of human life itself" from the moment of conception. "No one can claim for himself the power of violating the right to life," he said. The "other pillar pillar, freestanding columnar supporting member. It is a general term, little used as an exact architectural definition except as applied to an upright support in the medieval styles, consisting of an assemblage of juxtaposed shafts and moldings; unlike the column, of society" that every lawmaker must defend "is marriage, as a union of a man and a woman, open to life, which gives place to the natural institution of the family," he added. (Zenit, Feb.29,2004) |
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