Pope Against Population Control
In the lifesitenews.com, reporting on the above news caption of 13th December 2008, reporters; John-Henry Westen and Kathleen Gilbert wrote “In his message for the World Day of Peace Pope Benedict XVI stated the long unrecognized truth that increased population has proved an asset rather than a detriment in terms of development. "Poverty is often considered a consequence of demographic change".”
Maintaining the stand of the Pope, it is further stated that “"For this reason, there are international campaigns afoot to reduce birth-rates, sometimes using methods that respect neither the dignity of the woman, nor the right of parents to choose responsibly how many children to have; graver still, these methods often fail to respect even the right to life," he continued. "The extermination of millions of unborn children, in the name of the fight against poverty, actually constitutes the destruction of the poorest of all human beings."”
That the Catholic Church is against any act that threatens the dignity of the human person especially as it concerns bio-ethics and injustice is no longer news. The Church has at all times maintained her stand that the human person is that made in the image of God from whom in fact any definition of man must be based and without which, man becomes nothing else other than mere matter. However what is perhaps worrisome is the fact of the usually called great nations’ glaring, premeditated and systematic policies enunciated to perpetually keep the so called poor and third world (sorry, developing nations) from rising above any obstacles to greatness. One of such obstacles, according to reports, including the Pope’s speech, is reducing the growing population of these struggling nations. The great nations are at least considered Christian nations, if not catholic, more precisely, those in their helm of affairs profess Christianity.
It is then very obvious that what is actually behind such issues like abortion, birth control and the likes is not a question of people in real problem but a creation of selfishness, communicatively designed to convince people of the justification of such actions as the good of the one involved. This in communication is called framing, a topic this blog hopes to touch on. We are all being ‘framed’ into believing that human beings are so free to determine what is good for them at any time. In issues like this, one is concerned about the practice of our Christian faith. In the mid 80s, there was a strong campaign in Nigeria to implement the policy of one family, two children. The American agency behind it, through the then military government of Babangida drummed people with every enticement and there was a mass free distribution of condoms and all sorts of contraceptives. Expectedly some people fell for it. In the media, the ideal family is portrayed as a man with his wife and two children of one boy and a girl. It is also more worrisome when these things are done in the name of giving aid to growing nations. It is all politics of domination and it is done not by any other religion but by Christian religion. Religion and politics should be separate, yes, but American and European politics should be guided by good religious, Christian principles especially when they are dealing with those they claim to help.
In the lifesitenews.com, reporting on the above news caption of 13th December 2008, reporters; John-Henry Westen and Kathleen Gilbert wrote “In his message for the World Day of Peace Pope Benedict XVI stated the long unrecognized truth that increased population has proved an asset rather than a detriment in terms of development. "Poverty is often considered a consequence of demographic change".”
Maintaining the stand of the Pope, it is further stated that “"For this reason, there are international campaigns afoot to reduce birth-rates, sometimes using methods that respect neither the dignity of the woman, nor the right of parents to choose responsibly how many children to have; graver still, these methods often fail to respect even the right to life," he continued. "The extermination of millions of unborn children, in the name of the fight against poverty, actually constitutes the destruction of the poorest of all human beings."”
That the Catholic Church is against any act that threatens the dignity of the human person especially as it concerns bio-ethics and injustice is no longer news. The Church has at all times maintained her stand that the human person is that made in the image of God from whom in fact any definition of man must be based and without which, man becomes nothing else other than mere matter. However what is perhaps worrisome is the fact of the usually called great nations’ glaring, premeditated and systematic policies enunciated to perpetually keep the so called poor and third world (sorry, developing nations) from rising above any obstacles to greatness. One of such obstacles, according to reports, including the Pope’s speech, is reducing the growing population of these struggling nations. The great nations are at least considered Christian nations, if not catholic, more precisely, those in their helm of affairs profess Christianity.
It is then very obvious that what is actually behind such issues like abortion, birth control and the likes is not a question of people in real problem but a creation of selfishness, communicatively designed to convince people of the justification of such actions as the good of the one involved. This in communication is called framing, a topic this blog hopes to touch on. We are all being ‘framed’ into believing that human beings are so free to determine what is good for them at any time. In issues like this, one is concerned about the practice of our Christian faith. In the mid 80s, there was a strong campaign in Nigeria to implement the policy of one family, two children. The American agency behind it, through the then military government of Babangida drummed people with every enticement and there was a mass free distribution of condoms and all sorts of contraceptives. Expectedly some people fell for it. In the media, the ideal family is portrayed as a man with his wife and two children of one boy and a girl. It is also more worrisome when these things are done in the name of giving aid to growing nations. It is all politics of domination and it is done not by any other religion but by Christian religion. Religion and politics should be separate, yes, but American and European politics should be guided by good religious, Christian principles especially when they are dealing with those they claim to help.
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