In a meeting with Speaker of the House Pelosi he took the opportunity to speak of the requirements of the natural moral law and the Church's consistent teaching on the dignity of all human life.
VATICAN CITY (Zenit) - Benedict XVI is urging legislators to uphold the sanctity of human life according to Church teaching, he affirmed in an meeting with U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives.
The Pope received Nancy Pelosi and her entourage briefly today after the general audience, reported a Vatican communiqué.
He "took the opportunity to speak of the requirements of the natural moral law and the Church's consistent teaching on the dignity of human life from conception to natural death," the Vatican reported afterward.
The Pontiff added that these teachings "enjoin all Catholics, and especially legislators, jurists and those responsible for the common good of society, to work in cooperation with all men and women of good will in creating a just system of laws capable of protecting human life at all stages of its development. (Full story at Catholic Online)
The Pope received Nancy Pelosi and her entourage briefly today after the general audience, reported a Vatican communiqué.
He "took the opportunity to speak of the requirements of the natural moral law and the Church's consistent teaching on the dignity of human life from conception to natural death," the Vatican reported afterward.
The Pontiff added that these teachings "enjoin all Catholics, and especially legislators, jurists and those responsible for the common good of society, to work in cooperation with all men and women of good will in creating a just system of laws capable of protecting human life at all stages of its development. (Full story at Catholic Online)
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