Pro-Life Stance

This week’s look into the Knights of Columbus is a look into a very important position that the Knights have and that is the Pro-life issue.  The Catholic Church is very clear in her teaching about what the  Catholic person is to accept regarding this most important issue of our time.  The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches us that all life is sacred from conception to natural death.  There are many facets to this, not just the two major issues that most latch on to, abortion and the death penalty.

The Church teaches regarding life, “Human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception. From the first moment of his existence, a human being must be recognized as having the rights of a person - among which is the inviolable right of every innocent being to life.” (Catechism of the Catholic Church #2270)

The Knights are very clear and consistent with Holy Mother Church when speaking of the human person, we understand that the right to live is something that God freely gives and that we are participants in.  That is why the term procreation is used.  Because God freely gives this gift to human persons, we have the obligation to maintain that dignity throughout our lives and to defend it as we would defend anything that God gives to us.  

As we (Catholics) continue to look into the issues that face our day, we must come to understand that by protecting human life we are acting in a truly free and liberating manner.  We are opening the door to fully accepting the gifts that God gives to us.   This has been a clear and consistent teaching of the Church from the beginning of the Church until today.  As such, we Catholics (from the smallest child to the most prominent Catholic in the land), are bound to accept and defend this teaching as a matter of faith and morals.  In other words, this is an infallible teaching of the Church and necessary for our salvation.  For further reading please refer to the Catechism of the Catholic Church #2258-2330.  May God keep you close.

Andy Milam

1 Year Trustee

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