Thursday, October 23, 2008

when courage speaks

from Archbishop Charles J. Chaput

"The truth is that for some Catholics, the abortion issue has never been a comfortable cause. It's embarrassing. It's not the kind of social justice they like to talk about. It interferes with their natural political alliances. And because the homicides involved in abortion are ''little murders'' - the kind of private, legally protected murders that kill conveniently unseen lives - it's easy to look the other way."

Read the entire address here:

1 comment:

Trubador said...

Forgive me for being somewhat crude in this comment, but thank God for bishops like Chaput who have finally grown a pair... if you know what I mean.