To preserve the monarchy King Juan Carlos has signed the death warrants of untold numbers of innocent babies. The vote in favour of this liberal abortion law was too close (132 to 126) to even grant any kind of ‘legitimacy’ to such a holocaust.
What was His Majesty thinking of? Afraid of a constitutional crisis? I suspect the Spaniards love the monarchy too much to have supported any government attempts to overthrow him.
This is quite a body-blow to the morale of pro-life Spaniards and pro-life people from throughout Europe and the world.
As for the possiblity of the King having incurred the latae sententiae excommunication that applies to those who actually procure an abortion, this is something that is doubtful and therefore cannot be presumed. Only the Roman Pontiff has the right to judge heads of state on ecclesiastical matters(Canon 1405 #1,1). So it is up to Pope Benedict to rule on this one. (Of course, there is a Higher Court…)
Lifesitenews covers the subject here. See also the Archbishop of Valencia.
Posted by Father John Boyle at 1:39 PM
Labels: Abortion, Life, Politics
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There is an excellent Post on this subject on Fr John Boyle’s Blog CARITAS IN VERITATE, available on this link
http://caritasveritas.blogspot.com/2010/03/how-could-he-do-it.html#links
To preserve the monarchy King Juan Carlos has signed the death warrants of untold numbers of innocent babies. The vote in favour of this liberal abortion law was too close (132 to 126) to even grant any kind of ‘legitimacy’ to such a holocaust.
What was His Majesty thinking of? Afraid of a constitutional crisis? I suspect the Spaniards love the monarchy too much to have supported any government attempts to overthrow him.
This is quite a body-blow to the morale of pro-life Spaniards and pro-life people from throughout Europe and the world.
As for the possiblity of the King having incurred the latae sententiae excommunication that applies to those who actually procure an abortion, this is something that is doubtful and therefore cannot be presumed. Only the Roman Pontiff has the right to judge heads of state on ecclesiastical matters(Canon 1405 #1,1). So it is up to Pope Benedict to rule on this one. (Of course, there is a Higher Court…)
Lifesitenews covers the subject here. See also the Archbishop of Valencia.
Posted by Father John Boyle at 1:39 PM
Labels: Abortion, Life, Politics