Divorce a "Grave Sin"?

Guest — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:52:10 -0400

I mean no offense to Catholics when I call this utter hogwash. Let's put the abortion issue aside, as it's a little touchy to say the least. But to call divorce a "grave sin" while not addressing the behaviors and factors that so often lead to divorce (infidelity and abuse, to name a couple) seems totally irresponsible. The message, then, is: Don't divorce...just try to put up with the infidelity or abuse...and do it for the good of the children. Only a celibate man could come up with this one...

Divorce a "Grave Sin" Says Pope

Faith Eggers — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:25:26 -0400

During audiences at the Vatican on Saturday, Pope Benedict XVI called divorce and abortion "grave sins" and warned that a "culture of death" may even put the lives of the elderly at risk.

The pope says divorce and abortion harm the dignity of human life, cause suffering to those involved and hurt innocent victims, such as the unborn child or the children of a divorced couple.

He told participants in a Catholic congress that "The ethical judgement of the Church on divorce and abortion is clear and well-known, they are serious offences... which violate human dignity, inflict deep injustice on human and social relations and offend God himself, guarantor of conjugal peace and origin of life."

However, he did add that there were those that have committed such "errors" and have "suffered" from wounds of the soul and sought peace.

"Divorce and abortion are choices....which sometimes develop in difficult and dramatic circumstances... and are a source of profound suffering for those who take such decisions."

He then called on the Catholic church to be merciful to those that have experienced such events.

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Divorce a "Grave Sin"?

Divorce a "Grave Sin" Says Pope