(Aa3a3a4) resisting the culture of death in Spain

Spain is one of the more pro-life countries in the world. ******* As of this date, 07-02-03, there are 4 items in this folder. ******* item 1 SPANISH PARISH PRIEST EXPLAINS DENIAL OF EUCHARIST TO HOMOSEXUAL COUPLE ******* item 2 LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST PRIEST FOR DENYING COMMUNION TO GAY ACTIVIST ******* item 3 ARCHBISHOP OF VALENCIA OFFERS SCHOLARSHIPS TO MOTHERS AND CHILDREN SAVED FROM ABORTION ******* item 4 CARDINAL CARLES: CONSCIENCE IS ABOVE THE LAW *********************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 1 SPANISH PARISH PRIEST EXPLAINS DENIAL OF EUCHARIST TO HOMOSEXUAL COUPLE ******* Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 ******* From: "CNA news" ******* JAEN, Spain, December 1 (CNA) - Father Francisco Perez, a parish priest in the city of Acala la Real, Spain, said this week his decision to deny communion to a homosexual couple was based on canon law and for the good of the faithful. ******* The incident, which gave way to a new round of attacks on the Church as �homophobic,� took place during a funeral Mass for the mother of one of homosexual men, who came forward together to receive communion. ******* The two men, renowned for their activism, were the first to obtain a civil union from the Acala la Real city hall. Both are well known in the community and operate a hair salon. ******* Father Perez said his actions were �in conformity with Canon Law,� since he �did not deny them communion because of the fact they are homosexuals, but rather because they live publicly and openly in a state which the Church teaches is not moral.� ******* Father Perez stated that the Church �has laws� and �whoever adopts a belief contrary to Church teaching cannot receive communion.� ******* He also pointed out that his decision to deny them communion was carried out �with the greatest of discretion so that it would not be too noticed,� but that it was the homosexual couple that decided to make it a public issue. ******* �I only followed the law of the Church,� and therefore, he added, �my conscience is clear.� *********************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 2 LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST PRIEST FOR DENYING COMMUNION TO GAY ACTIVIST ******* From: [email protected] ******* date: February 17 - 2005 ******* MADRID, Spain, February 17 (CNA) - A parish priest in Spain, the second in recent weeks, has become the object of a lawsuit alleging �public humiliation� of a militant homosexual who desired to receive Communion. ******* Father Domingo Garcia Dobao, pastor of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Jaen, Spain, has been sued by Juan Diego Fuentes Medina after the priest publicly denied him Communion for registering his gay union with Angel de los Reyes with local officials. ******* Father Garcia explained his decision by pointing out that by making formally public a situation the Church is against, �they cannot receive Communion.� �I have only applied ecclesiastical norms,� he added. ******* �What I did,� said Father Garcia, �was fulfill my obligations, as this is what the Church teaches.� �A Christian cannot receive the sacraments when he or she is officially living in a non-marital union with someone else.� ******* Father Garcia reminded reporters that Fuentes had been administered Communion at Mass on various occasions before formalizing his homosexual union, but that the decision to publicly register the union with the government obliged him to make his decision. ******************************************************************************************************** ******* item 3 ARCHBISHOP OF VALENCIA OFFERS SCHOLARSHIPS TO MOTHERS AND CHILDREN SAVED FROM ABORTION ******* From: "CNA news" ******* January 6 - 2005 ******* VALENCIA, Spain, January 6 (CNA) - Archbishop Agustin Garcia-Gasco of Valencia, Spain, has announced that hundreds of women who chose life rather than abortion for their children will be eligible for full scholarships at Catholic educational institutions. ******* The archbishop made the announcement during a Christmas visit to a women�s shelter founded and operated by the Servants of the Passion�for over 69 years. ******* The shelter provides assistance to 21 pregnant women and mothers of small children who are poor, lack family support or are victims of abuse.� Aurora Gallego, director of the shelter, said its mission is to work to �deepen in women the value of life and their self esteem as persons.� ******* The scholarships will benefit women at the shelter, their children and those who have been in residence there in the past, totaling more than 15,000 people.� Mothers will be able to study at the Catholic University of Valencia, at diocesan schools and other educational centers associated with the Church. ******* Gallego added that the women currently in residence at the shelter received the news �with much enthusiasm and expectation as many of them wish to get an education and work towards a future in the professional world.�� ********************************************************************************************************* ******* item 4 CARDINAL CARLES: CONSCIENCE IS ABOVE THE LAW- CNA April 28 - 2005 ******* From: [email protected]��View Contact Details ******* BARCELONA, Spain, April 28 (CNA) - The Archbishop emeritus of Barcelona, Cardinal Ricard Maria Carles, expressed his support for mayors of Spain�s Partido Popular (Popular Party) who are opposing homosexual �marriages,� because the law cannot be above conscience. In an interview with TV3, the cardinal drew a parallel between the Spanish government�s intention to require adherence to the law on homosexual unions and the actions by German officials during the World War II.� He explained that the concentration camps were a result in part of the fact that some people thought they should �obey the law before their conscience.� ******* He noted that Auschwitz was not created by criminals, but people �who believed they had to obey the laws of the Nazi government first instead of their conscience.�� ******* The cardinal also pointed out that �many surely knew they were going against their conscience, that they were killing people,� but they defended �the law above their conscience and Auschwitz was the result.� ******* In response to approval of homosexual unions by the Spanish congress, a group of lawyers from the Partido Popular announced they would not accept the new law and would exercise �conscientious objection.� ********************************************************************************************************* *********************************************************************************************************

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