Bishop Challenges fundamental moral incoherence of Canadian Prime Minister Martin

CALGARY, June 8, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Canadian bishop has responded to the public scandal of Catholic Prime Minister Paul Martin’s increasingly strident pro-abortion and pro-same-sex ‘marriage’ statements during the past few weeks of the federal election campaign.  Calgary Bishop Fred Henry has called on the Prime Minister to stop separating his political life from his personal duty to stand up for serious Catholic moral principles. Yesterday Bishop Henry issued a Pastoral Letter to all parishes in his diocese for inclusion in next Sunday’s church bulletins.  “In much of the secular media Prime Minister Paul Martin is frequently described as a ‘devout Catholic.’ However, his recently clarified position re abortion and same sex unions is a source of scandal in the Catholic community and reflects a fundamental moral incoherence,” writes Bishop Henry.  In the letter, obtained by LifeSiteNews.com, Bishop Henry teaches: “No Catholic can responsibly take a ‘pro-choice’ stand when the ‘choice’ in question involves the taking of innocent life. Nor is there a right of couples in same sex unions to marry.”  In his concluding paragraph, Bishop Henry states, “All Catholic politicians, including the Prime Minister, would do well to imitate the example of St. Thomas More, who by his life and death taught that man cannot be separated from God, nor politics from morality.”  See the full Pastoral Letter on LifeSite at:  https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2004/jun/040608a.html