(ANSA) – Vatican City, June 28 – The Vatican stepped up its fight against embryonic stem cell research on Wednesday, saying that scientists involved in such work would be excommunicated .
Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, head of the Vatican department dealing with family affairs, said in a magazine interview that "destroying human embryos is equivalent to an abortion… it’s the same thing" .
"Excommunication applies to all women, doctors and researchers who eliminate embryos," the cardinal told Catholic publication Famiglia Cristiana .
Trujillo said that "certain crimes" were being treated as if they had "become rights" .
He added that the Catholic Church was worried because "even talking about the defence of life and family rights is being treated as a sort of crime against the state in some countries – a form of social disobedience or discrimination against women" .
This would be a latae sententiae excommunication which is automatic, though would depend on requirements set forth in Canon 1321. I believe the Canons have been interpreted to not apply to lawmakers who help to pass laws that make these immoral actions possible in the first place. There is a big loophole that shows why Catholic lawmakers are not subjected to this Canon. It does not apply if "a person who lacked the use of reason,.."
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Abuse of the Unborn Will Result in Excommunication
Catholic World News is reporting that embryonic stem cell research will result in excommunication, just as abortion does.
Let’s hope that Catholics pick up on this and realize that abuse of the unborn – whether it’s abortion, contraception, or re …..
I thought it might be because the lawmakers are only one of many and may have voted against the immoral measures?
Many biblical positions seem to be under increasing attack these days. Pray for revival!