Respect Life Message-1/16/05

"Obviously, there are some evils which the State must adjudicate. Which ones? Those which directly target the common good of the common life of the society. And in such cases, the State must act. For example, abortion and euthanasia. Here the contemporary vision is perverse. It is the modern problem of legal positivism -- whatever the majority wants is considered to be 'just'. This is a perversity! It is perverse because tomorrow what the majority dictates will be opposed to the majority of today. Society's job is to seek out unchanging values. Every [political] party must place itself under those fundamental values, and the first among these is the intangible worth of the human person."

Bishop Karl Romer, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Family, Vatican City

[My entry for today's bulletin of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, Hermosa Beach, California]