3 Responses to “Whether or not they will execute the baby”

• #1

  Omar

  April 28, 2019 at 2:07 pm

  This is pure demagoguery. As Amee Vanderpool says above:

  “The baby is born, the mother meets w/the doctor. They take care of the baby. They wrap the baby beautifully. Then the doctor and mother determine whether or not they will execute the baby.”

  How is this man’s mental state not a National Emergency right now?

  The theoreticians of the Catholic Church are still the main opponents of womens’ right to free choice on the matter of intentional termination of pregnancy otherwise known as abortion. ‘Life begins at conception’ rolls off the tongues of the theologians pretty easily. I guess it is probably left to the discretion of the (male) parish priest, but also that there is a hierarchy of seriousness in the rites performed. The death of a once independently living adult or child demands last rites followed by funeral mass. However….

  3. How should parishes and hospital ministers respond when parents of stillborns or infants who died without baptism request funeral rites?

  Odd as it may seem, we have found that this is a request not always understood or honored by priests and other pastoral ministers. As a general principle, the Church encourages funeral rites for unbaptized infants and stillborn babies.

  In preparing funeral rites for situations such as these, we should keep in mind the following principles:…

  “As a general principle,” the Life Begins at Conception Church encourages funeral rites for unbaptized infants and stillborn babies. BUT…

  9. The parish Liturgy for Deceased Children

  Many parishes find an annual Mass scheduled for families who have lost children during the past year is a powerful and consoling experience of worship. The Mass may be scheduled at any time, but the month of November is particularly fitting. Strive to make the Mass open to as wide a variety of needs as possible. Include families of miscarried or stillborn children and even families searching for spiritual healing after an abortion.

  Parish bulletins could regularly carry an invitation to parents of stillborn children or miscarried babies to contact the pastor and arrange for the “Blessing of Parents After a Miscarriage.”

  In other words, play it by ear. However, I would guess that a female parishioner seeking some ceremony to be performed over a used tampon, just in case it contained an unbaptised zygote whose soul was now somewhere else, would be swiftly shown the door.

  https://www.bostoncatholic.org/Offices-And-Services/Office-Detail.aspx?id=12540&pid=464
• #2

  Lady Mondegreen

  April 28, 2019 at 3:24 pm

  So “choose not to resuscitate” got turned into “execute.” That’s not dishonest at all.
• #3

  iknklast

  April 28, 2019 at 7:23 pm

  The theoreticians of the Catholic Church are still the main opponents of womens’ right to free choice on the matter of intentional termination of pregnancy otherwise known as abortion

  Except that most of the most rabid abortion clinic bombers and killers seem to be evangelicals, not Catholics. I think the Catholics are the most visible group traditionally, though.