Letters

Hypocricy

Arnold Jago

Contents - May 2013 - Buy a copy now Editorial: AD2000: looking towards the future - Damian Wyld Francis: pope of paradox - Damian Wyld News: The Church Around the World Youth: Reasons for Hope retreat for young adult Catholics - Barry Coldrey Legacy: An Act of Faith: AD2000 after 25 years - B.A. Santamaria Church unity and the Anglican Ordinariate - Archbishop Gerhard Müller Abortion: confused pain in a confused society - Anne Lastman The plight of Egypt's Christians - Youssef Sidhom History: The Church in the Middle Ages: the role of bishops - Frank Mobbs Order of Malta: 900 years young (Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium) Pauperum. - Damian Wyld Ancient Greek contributions to Western Church music - Christopher Warner Letters: Holy Land visit - Julie-Ann McLoughlin Letters: Jesuit legacy - Ken Bayliss Letters: What is Heaven? - Winsome De Jong Letters: Hypocricy - Arnold Jago Letters: Letters of thanks to Michael Gilchrist - Various Books: SAINTS, SACRILEGE AND SEDITION: Religion and Conflict in the Tudor Reformations - Michael Daniel (reviewer) Books: SIXTUS V: the Hermit of Villa Montalto, by W.T. Selley - Michael Daniel (reviewer) Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au Reflection: Pentecost: opening our minds to truth and our hearts to love - Bishop Arthur Serratelli

The other day in China a car thief, Mr Zhou, strangled a two-month-old baby which he found asleep in the car. He later handed himself over to police.

Chinese internet bloggers, twitterers, etc, have been registering outrage, calling for Zhou to be put to death. "Killing him once would not be enough," said one.

Yet the number of babies aborted in China per year is about 13 million. The doctors and parents and politicians making this possible and legal are not considered deserving of punishment.

Australia is much the same with emotive responses about violence against children while abortion is considered a "right".

The International Convention on the Rights of the Child, in force since September 1990, says that "the child, by reason of his physical and mental immaturity, needs special safeguards and care, including appropriate legal protection, before as well as after birth."

Before as well as after birth? Are not humans a hypocritical race?

ARNOLD JAGO (DR)
Mildura, Vic

Reprinted from AD2000 Vol 26 No 4 (May 2013), p. 16