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Bishops Launch National Pro-Life Campaign—AI Criticised on Pro-Abortion Stance : 4th Nov 07
Amnesty International Criticised by Irish Bishops on Pro-Abortion Stance
The Catholic bishops in Ireland have begun a new national pro-life campaign aimed at promoting the sacredness of human life. The first Sunday in October was marked in all parish churches in both the Republic and Northern Ireland as a special day for sermons on the theme of 'Day for Life' 2007.
In a statement issued last night at the end of their annual October meeting in Maynooth, the bishops announced that they have joined forces with the English, Welsh and Scottish bishops to focus public opinion in both islands on the importance of protecting all human life.
But the bishops condemned the recent decision by Amnesty International to support access to abortion "in limited circumstances". While expressing their "sensitivity" to the personal distress experienced by women in crisis pregnancy situations, the bishops criticised Amnesty for its "failure to recognise life as the most fundamental of human rights."
However, the bishops expressed their support for the membership of Amnesty International's Irish Section for not favouring this change in policy, and for its continuing commitment not to campaign for abortion in any context.
The bishops also noted that the thirtieth anniversary of the foundation of CURA, the Church's crisis pregnancy agency, afforded Catholics "an opportunity" to focus their thoughts on the sacredness of human life.
"An equal concern for the welfare of both the mother and her unborn child distinguishes the particular contribution which CURA makes to crisis pregnancy counselling, and which is of such importance for the common good of our society," the bishops said. The Irish Independent. October 4.
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