The decline in respect for human life has had “catastrophic effects” on the unity and integrity of the United States, which are evidenced by the presidential election, says a Vatican official.Baltimore-native Cardinal James Stafford, major penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary, affirmed this in a lecture on "Humanae Vitae" last Thursday at the Catholic University of America.
His lecture, “Pope Paul VI and Pope John Paul II: Being True in Body and Soul,” pointed out the need for Catholics to return to the true values of marriage and human dignity faced to the current challenges.“Because man is a sacred element of secular life,” the cardinal said, “[…] a person’s life cannot ultimately be controlled by government.”
"On Nov. 4, 2008, America suffered a cultural earthquake,” continued the cardinal. He pointed out that president-elect Barack Obama campaigned on an “extremist anti-life platform,” and described him as “aggressive, disruptive and apocalyptic.”
WASHINGTON, D.C., NOV. 19, 2008 (Zenit.org).-
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Cardinal Stafford Regarding Obama
NEW YORK, NOV. 20, 2008 (Zenit.org).- A ZENIT article Wednesday misrepresented Cardinal James Stafford's comments on Barack Obama, reporting that the cardinal described the president-elect as "aggressive, disruptive and apocalyptic." The cardinal said Obama's "rhetoric is postmodernist and marks an agenda and ambition that are aggressive, disruptive and apocalyptic.” ZENIT regrets the error.
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