I have, on this blog and elsewhere, repeatedly expressed my reasons why I can never even consider becoming Catholic. This story, which I just learned about today, was the last and final reason why.
For those of you who are too lazy to follow the link, let me give you the Cliff Notes version:
A 9-year-old girl in Brazil, who had been raped by her stepfather and impregnated with twins, underwent an emergency abortion. This operation saved her life, and probably her ability to have children in the future,
Brazil is a strongly Catholic country, although that faith has been tested over the years.
The Catholic church, however, excommunicated both the mother of the girl and the doctors who performed this lifesaving procedure. Apparently, the unborn fetuses that this severely underage girl was carrying were more important to them than the life and future health of the girl in question.
I'm more than willing to acknowledge that the young girl in question may have been older than 9 years. After all, it's an accepted fact that most human females don't hit puberty until age 10 or later. That is NOT an excuse for the Church's behavior. A female child--and there's no doubt that's what she was--is not biologically able to carry a baby to term, much less deliver one (or two, in this case).
But that's not the worst part. No, the worst part is that the man who raped and impregnated this child is still a member of the church.
If you can explain the logic of that, please tell me how.
The Catholic church, in the midst of growing increasingly irrelevant, continues to march steadily backwards.
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