https://nzcatholic.org.nz/2021/07/30/support-life-sunday-new-name/ The New Zealand National Catholic Newspaper Fri, 30 Jul 2021 10:06:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://nzcatholic.org.nz/2021/07/30/support-life-sunday-new-name/#comment-71542 Fri, 30 Jul 2021 10:06:07 +0000 https://nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=23845#comment-71542 It is important that we support health carers. We are advised by the Catholic Bishops Conference that the Catholic focus needs to move beyond political debate or legal argument and extend to active practical support for people facing a range of life challenges at the beginning of life and at the end of life. These objectives are commendable and necessary. The Ministry of Health advises that there were 13,236 abortions reported in New Zealand in 2020, 288 more than 2019 when 12,948 abortions were reported. These were God’s precious infants created by Him in His own image and likeness. These children have been cruelly murdered by the State as a core health service funded by the State as health care. Their murder is a violation of the fifth commandment, Thou shalt not kill and a grievous offence to God the author of life. The most dangerous place for a New Zealander today is in its mother’s womb. The Catholic Church should be at the forefront in defending the right to life of every human being from conception. How does the Church fulfil this mission by focusing on carers at presumably the cost of defending life ?

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