Back to the appointment with the Encyclical Letter Evangelium vitae, "in defense of life. Today we continue with the second part of speech that invites reflection on the inviolable value of life and see how the Venerable John Paul II continues to base his speech on the incident to the biblical Cain, the murderer of his brother Abel
THE VOICE OF YOUR BROTHER'S BLOOD CRIES TO ME FROM THE GROUND
" What have you done? " (Gen. 4, 10):
The eclipse of the value of life
14. The various techniques of artificial reproduction, which would seem to be at the service of life and which are frequently used with this intention, actually open the door to new threats against life. Beyond the fact that they are morally unacceptable, since they separate procreation from the fully human context of the conjugal {14}, these techniques have a high rate of failure: it does not so much fertilization, as the subsequent development of ' embryo exposed to the risk of death, generally within a short time. In addition, sometimes the number of embryos are produced than is necessary for l'impianto nel grembo della donna e questi cosiddetti "embrioni soprannumerari" vengono poi soppressi o utilizzati per ricerche che, con il pretesto del progresso scientifico o medico, in realtà riducono la vita umana a semplice "materiale biologico" di cui poter liberamente disporre. Le diagnosi pre-natali, che non presentano difficoltà morali se fatte per individuare eventuali cure necessarie al bambino non ancora nato, diventano troppo spesso occasione per proporre e procurare l'aborto. È l'aborto eugenetico, la cui legittimazione nell'opinione pubblica nasce da una mentalità - a torto ritenuta coerente con le esigenze della "terapeuticità" - che accoglie la vita solo a certe condizioni e che rifiuta il limite, l'handicap, l'infermità. Following this same logic, it has been to deny the most basic care, even nourishment, children born with serious handicaps or illnesses. The contemporary scene, moreover, is even more disconcerting because of the proposals, advanced here and there, to legitimize, in the same line as the right to abortion, even infanticide, thus returning to a state of barbarism that it was hoped to have passed forever.
15. Threats no less serious hang over the incurably ill and the dying in a social and cultural context which makes it more difficult to face and accept suffering, heightens the temptation to solve the problem of suffering by eliminating the root, by hastening la morte al momento ritenuto più opportuno. In tale scelta confluiscono spesso elementi di diverso segno, purtroppo convergenti a questo terribile esito. Può essere decisivo, nel soggetto malato, il senso di angoscia, di esasperazione, persino di disperazione, provocato da un'esperienza di dolore intenso e prolungato. Ciò mette a dura prova gli equilibri a volte già instabili della vita personale e familiare, sicché, da una parte, il malato, nonostante gli aiuti sempre più efficaci dell'assistenza medica e sociale, rischia di sentirsi schiacciato dalla propria fragilità; dall'altra, in coloro che gli sono effettivamente legati, può operare un senso di comprensibile anche se malintesa pietà. Tutto ciò è exacerbated by a cultural climate which fails to perceive any meaning or value in suffering, but rather considers the epitome of evil, to be eliminated at all costs which happens especially when you do not have a religious vision that will help to decipher the mystery of pain positively But in contemporary culture does not fail to affect even a kind of Promethean attitude which, in this way, leads people to think they can control life and death decisions about them, when in fact he is defeated and crushed by a death deprived of any prospect of meaning or hope. We see a tragic expression of all this in the spread of euthanasia-disguised and surreptitious, or practiced openly and even legally. It, as well as an alleged mercy in front of the patient's pain, is sometimes justified by the utilitarian motive is to avoid costs weigh heavily on society. Thus it is proposed to eliminate malformed babies, the severely handicapped, the disabled, the elderly, especially when not self-sufficient, and the terminally ill. Nor can we remain silent in the face of other more subtle but no less serious and real, of euthanasia. They, for example, might occur when, to increase the availability of transplant organs, he proceeded organs are removed without respecting objective and adequate criteria which verify the death of the donor.
16. Another current phenomenon, which is frequently accompanied by threats and attacks against life, is the demographic. It comes in different ways in different parts of the world in rich and developed countries there is a disturbing decline or collapse of birth rates in poor countries, however, generally have a high rate of population growth, difficult to sustain in the context of lower economic and social development, where there is extreme underdevelopment. In the face of overpopulation in poor countries lacking at the international level, global action - series family and social policies, programs and cultural growth of production and fair distribution of resources - while continuing to implement anti-life policies. Contraception, sterilization and abortion are certainly part of the causes that contribute to situations of strong decline in the birthrate. It may be the temptation to use the same methods and attacks against life, even in situations of "population explosion". The Pharaoh of old, haunted by the presence and increase of the children of Israel, submitted them to every form of oppression and ordered that he be put to death every male child born of Jewish women (cf. Ex 1, 7-22). Likewise, you will now not a few powerful of the earth. They too are haunted by the demographic growth and fear that the most prolific and poorest peoples represent a threat to il benessere e la tranquillità dei loro Paesi. Di conseguenza, piuttosto che voler affrontare e risolvere questi gravi problemi nel rispetto della dignità delle persone e delle famiglie e dell'inviolabile diritto alla vita di ogni uomo, preferiscono promuovere e imporre con qualsiasi mezzo una massiccia pianificazione delle nascite. Gli stessi aiuti economici, che sarebbero disposti a dare, vengono ingiustamente condizionati all'accettazione di una politica antinatalista.
17. L'umanità di oggi ci offre uno spettacolo davvero allarmante, se pensiamo non solo ai diversi ambiti nei quali si sviluppano gli attentati alla vita, ma anche alla loro singolare proporzione numerica, nonché al molteplice e potente sostegno che viene loro dato dall'ampio consenso sociale, dal frequente riconoscimento legale, dal coinvolgimento di parte del personale sanitario. Come ebbi a dire con forza a Denver, in occasione dell'VIII Giornata Mondiale della Gioventù, "con il tempo, le minacce contro la vita non vengono meno. Esse, al contrario, assumono dimensioni enormi. Non si tratta soltanto di minacce provenienti dall'esterno, di forze della natura o dei "Caino" che assassinano gli "Abele"; no, si tratta di minacce programmate in maniera scientifica e sistematica. Il ventesimo secolo verrà considerato un'epoca di attacchi massicci contro la vita, un'interminabile serie di guerre e un massacro permanente di vite umane innocenti. I falsi profeti e i falsi maestri hanno conosciuto il maggior successo possibile" {15}. Beyond the intentions, which can be varied and perhaps can seem convincing at times in the name of solidarity, we are in fact faced by an objective "conspiracy against life", involving even international Institutions, engaged in encouraging and carrying out actual campaigns to make contraception, sterilization and abortion. One can not be denied that the media are often complicit in this conspiracy, by lending credit to that culture which presents recourse to contraception, sterilization, abortion and even euthanasia as a sign of progress and a victory for freedom , while depicting as enemies of freedom and progress those positions which are unreservedly pro-life.
15. Threats no less serious hang over the incurably ill and the dying in a social and cultural context which makes it more difficult to face and accept suffering, heightens the temptation to solve the problem of suffering by eliminating the root, by hastening la morte al momento ritenuto più opportuno. In tale scelta confluiscono spesso elementi di diverso segno, purtroppo convergenti a questo terribile esito. Può essere decisivo, nel soggetto malato, il senso di angoscia, di esasperazione, persino di disperazione, provocato da un'esperienza di dolore intenso e prolungato. Ciò mette a dura prova gli equilibri a volte già instabili della vita personale e familiare, sicché, da una parte, il malato, nonostante gli aiuti sempre più efficaci dell'assistenza medica e sociale, rischia di sentirsi schiacciato dalla propria fragilità; dall'altra, in coloro che gli sono effettivamente legati, può operare un senso di comprensibile anche se malintesa pietà. Tutto ciò è exacerbated by a cultural climate which fails to perceive any meaning or value in suffering, but rather considers the epitome of evil, to be eliminated at all costs which happens especially when you do not have a religious vision that will help to decipher the mystery of pain positively But in contemporary culture does not fail to affect even a kind of Promethean attitude which, in this way, leads people to think they can control life and death decisions about them, when in fact he is defeated and crushed by a death deprived of any prospect of meaning or hope. We see a tragic expression of all this in the spread of euthanasia-disguised and surreptitious, or practiced openly and even legally. It, as well as an alleged mercy in front of the patient's pain, is sometimes justified by the utilitarian motive is to avoid costs weigh heavily on society. Thus it is proposed to eliminate malformed babies, the severely handicapped, the disabled, the elderly, especially when not self-sufficient, and the terminally ill. Nor can we remain silent in the face of other more subtle but no less serious and real, of euthanasia. They, for example, might occur when, to increase the availability of transplant organs, he proceeded organs are removed without respecting objective and adequate criteria which verify the death of the donor.
16. Another current phenomenon, which is frequently accompanied by threats and attacks against life, is the demographic. It comes in different ways in different parts of the world in rich and developed countries there is a disturbing decline or collapse of birth rates in poor countries, however, generally have a high rate of population growth, difficult to sustain in the context of lower economic and social development, where there is extreme underdevelopment. In the face of overpopulation in poor countries lacking at the international level, global action - series family and social policies, programs and cultural growth of production and fair distribution of resources - while continuing to implement anti-life policies. Contraception, sterilization and abortion are certainly part of the causes that contribute to situations of strong decline in the birthrate. It may be the temptation to use the same methods and attacks against life, even in situations of "population explosion". The Pharaoh of old, haunted by the presence and increase of the children of Israel, submitted them to every form of oppression and ordered that he be put to death every male child born of Jewish women (cf. Ex 1, 7-22). Likewise, you will now not a few powerful of the earth. They too are haunted by the demographic growth and fear that the most prolific and poorest peoples represent a threat to il benessere e la tranquillità dei loro Paesi. Di conseguenza, piuttosto che voler affrontare e risolvere questi gravi problemi nel rispetto della dignità delle persone e delle famiglie e dell'inviolabile diritto alla vita di ogni uomo, preferiscono promuovere e imporre con qualsiasi mezzo una massiccia pianificazione delle nascite. Gli stessi aiuti economici, che sarebbero disposti a dare, vengono ingiustamente condizionati all'accettazione di una politica antinatalista.
17. L'umanità di oggi ci offre uno spettacolo davvero allarmante, se pensiamo non solo ai diversi ambiti nei quali si sviluppano gli attentati alla vita, ma anche alla loro singolare proporzione numerica, nonché al molteplice e potente sostegno che viene loro dato dall'ampio consenso sociale, dal frequente riconoscimento legale, dal coinvolgimento di parte del personale sanitario. Come ebbi a dire con forza a Denver, in occasione dell'VIII Giornata Mondiale della Gioventù, "con il tempo, le minacce contro la vita non vengono meno. Esse, al contrario, assumono dimensioni enormi. Non si tratta soltanto di minacce provenienti dall'esterno, di forze della natura o dei "Caino" che assassinano gli "Abele"; no, si tratta di minacce programmate in maniera scientifica e sistematica. Il ventesimo secolo verrà considerato un'epoca di attacchi massicci contro la vita, un'interminabile serie di guerre e un massacro permanente di vite umane innocenti. I falsi profeti e i falsi maestri hanno conosciuto il maggior successo possibile" {15}. Beyond the intentions, which can be varied and perhaps can seem convincing at times in the name of solidarity, we are in fact faced by an objective "conspiracy against life", involving even international Institutions, engaged in encouraging and carrying out actual campaigns to make contraception, sterilization and abortion. One can not be denied that the media are often complicit in this conspiracy, by lending credit to that culture which presents recourse to contraception, sterilization, abortion and even euthanasia as a sign of progress and a victory for freedom , while depicting as enemies of freedom and progress those positions which are unreservedly pro-life.
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