according to the BBC's appropriately-titled article Pope Vows to Uphold Tough Stance, this is what Pope Nazinger said in a speech today when speaking about the responsibilities of a pope:
[He] must constantly bind himself and the Church to the obedience of the word of God in the face of all the attempts to adapt it or water it down.i hate the pope.That's what Father John Paul II did when faced by all such attempts which were seemingly benevolent towards man.
When faced with erroneous interpretations of freedom, he unequivocally underlined the inviolability of the human being, the inviolability of human life from conception to natural death.
Freedom to kill is not a true freedom, but a tyranny that reduces the human being into slavery. [emphasis mine.]
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hmm. i think there are more pressing reasons to dislike ratzinger than his antiabortion views. i think my brain would have exploded if they'd elected a pro-choice pope.
his stance on gays, transsexuals, and women in the priesthood, and his role as head of the Inquisition (aka Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith) are better reasons to be horrified at his election to the office of pope.
actually, this pisses me off most of all...
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/4/19/184327/493
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