Links to miscellaneous articles and commentaries - 8-27-19
Amazon missionary bishop: Synod plans miss the real problems - Bishop José Luis Azcona, is the missionary bishop emeritus of Marajó, a dioese that includes dozens of islands in the Amazon River Delta. During his years of service in the region, Azcona lived under death threats for denouncing human trafficking and for defending the human rights of indigineous people. Here are his comments on the Amazon region and the upcoming Synod on the Amazon: https://catholicherald.co.uk/news/2019/08/22/amazon-missionary-bishop-synod-plans-miss-the-real-problems/
Two articles on how transgenderism is destroying children and adults - https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2019/08/12/transgender-daughter-school-undermines-parents-column/1546527001/
Analysis: The Pastoral Approach of Archbishop Charles Chaput - The first Native American to become a diocesan bishop, Archbishop Chaput spent nine years in Rapid City, South Dakota, 14 years as Archbishop of Denver, and eight years in Philadelphia, where, in 2015, he hosted Pope Francis for the World Meeting of Families. Archbishop Charles Chaput is not a cardinal. He has never been an officer at the U.S. bishops’ conference. He has never lived in Rome, and, in an international Church, he is not a polyglot. Chaput’s resume is not typical of most influential figures in the Church’s hierarchy. But when Chaput turns 75 and submits his resignation to Pope Francis next month, his admirers and his fiercest critics are likely to agree that the archbishop’s 31 years as a diocesan bishop have shaped, in significant ways, the voice of the Church in the U.S. http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/analysis-the-pastoral-approach-of-archbishop-charles-chaput
The Abortion Survivors Network - Although it is seldom talked about or even considered, (due to the basic reality that abortion is meant to end a life), abortions do not always succeed in ending the life of a child. Termed a “failed abortion,” “live birth,” or even a “dreaded complication,” sometimes, yes sometimes, children survive failed abortions. Sadly, many of these children do not live for long after their survival due to complications suffered from the abortion attempt and their subsequent premature birth or from simply being left to perish. The Abortion Survivors Network was created by saline infusion abortion survivor and international pro-life speaker and advocate Melissa Ohden, who recognized the need for both support for and among abortion survivors, and for better information to be made available to the public about abortion survivors. Who better is there to educate the public about abortion survivors than survivors themselves? Who better is there to provide support to abortion survivors than survivors themselves? https://theabortionsurvivors.com/
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