{"id":4264,"date":"2023-06-28T13:42:47","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T17:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/u-s-bishops-president-and-chairmen-rebuke-distortion-of-church-teaching-in-abortion-statement-by-members-of-congress\/"},"modified":"2023-06-28T13:42:47","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T17:42:47","slug":"u-s-bishops-president-and-chairmen-rebuke-distortion-of-church-teaching-in-abortion-statement-by-members-of-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/u-s-bishops-president-and-chairmen-rebuke-distortion-of-church-teaching-in-abortion-statement-by-members-of-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"El presidente y los presidentes de la Conferencia Episcopal de Estados Unidos reprenden la distorsi\u00f3n de la doctrina de la Iglesia en la declaraci\u00f3n sobre el aborto realizada por miembros del Congreso."},"content":{"rendered":"

On June 24, the one-year anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization<\/em> ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court, thirty-one Catholic members of Congress authored a public statement of principles, falsely invoking specific teachings of the Catholic Church to defend their support of a legal right to abortion. Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops\u00a0(USCCB), Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of Arlington, chairman of the USCCB\u2019s Committee on Pro-Life Activities, and Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, chairman of the USCCB\u2019s Committee on Doctrine, issued the following corrective statement in response:<\/p>\n

\u201cMembers of Congress who recently invoked teachings of the Catholic faith itself as justifying abortion or supporting a supposed right to abortion grievously distort the faith. It is wrong and incoherent to claim that the taking of innocent human life at its most<\/em> vulnerable stage can ever be consistent with the values of supporting the dignity and wellbeing of those in need. \u2018Human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception,\u2019 including through the civil law [Catechism of the Catholic Church<\/a><\/em>, 2270, 2273]. Abortion violates this with respect to preborn children and brings untold suffering to countless women.<\/p>\n

\u201cConscience rightly enjoys a special regard both in Church teaching and in the public sphere. And policymakers should support the freedom of Catholics and of others to serve the common good in accord with their beliefs in a wide range of areas \u2013 from services and assistance to recently arrived migrants, to offering health care and social services.<\/p>\n

\u201cNevertheless, conscience is not a license to commit evil and take innocent lives. Conscience cannot and does not justify the act or support of abortion. In fact, conscience \u2018must be informed and moral judgment enlightened\u2019 with the Word of God in faith and prayer, and \u2018guided by the authoritative teaching of the Church\u2019 [CCC 1783, 1785]. Moreover, the reality that the preborn are our living sisters and brothers is not only a matter of faith, but is attested to by science and sound reason.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe once again implore and pray for Congress to join us in working toward the true common good by prioritizing authentic, uplifting support for the vulnerable and marginalized, including mothers and families in need.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bishop Burbidge\u2019s statement as pro-life committee chairman marking the anniversary of the Dobbs<\/em> decision was released earlier this month and may be read here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

View this release on the USCCB website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

El 24 de junio, en el primer aniversario de la sentencia del Tribunal Supremo de los Estados Unidos en el caso Dobbs contra Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization, treinta y un congresistas cat\u00f3licos redactaron una declaraci\u00f3n p\u00fablica de principios en la que invocaban falsamente ense\u00f1anzas espec\u00edficas de la Iglesia cat\u00f3lica para defender su apoyo al derecho legal al aborto. La declaraci\u00f3n rectificativa de la USCCB dice: Los miembros del Congreso que recientemente invocaron ense\u00f1anzas de la propia fe cat\u00f3lica para justificar el aborto o apoyar un supuesto derecho al aborto distorsionan gravemente la fe\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7112,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[73],"class_list":["post-4264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","tag-prolife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}