Before the Cross | Good Catholics cannot be pro-choice; The Fifth Commandment demands respect for life as God's most precious gift
Printer-friendly version
Send to friend
Archbishop Robert J. Carlson
God's law in the Old Testament is clear and unambiguous: You shall not kill. Jesus is even more demanding: Every one who is angry is liable to judgment.
Sins against the Fifth Commandment are easy to commit. Any time we think, speak or act out of anger or hatred or jealousy or revenge, we abuse God's commandment that we respect His most precious gift, the gift of life — especially human life.
A subscription is required to access this content.
If you receive a subscription to the print edition of the St. Louis Review, you may access this content by entering your seven-digit subscriber number found on the mailing label of the paper and your five-digit ZIP code. You may also enter your username and password if you have created them. Click here to login and view this article.
Please click here to subscribe to the St. Louis Review. You may subscribe to the online edition only or both the online and print editions.
If you already have a subscription and are still unable to access this information, please contact the St. Louis Review.Why does the St. Louis Review require a subscription to access content online? (Click to view).
Bookmark/Share this post with:
Photo Slideshows
August 16, 2010
