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Knights of Columbus
Palmer Massachusetts Council #376 1294 Ware Street Road Palmer, Massachusetts, 01069 (413) 283-7904 |
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Council #376 2009 News:2003 Council News 2004 Council News 2005 Council News 2006 Council News 2007 Council News 2008 Council News Current newsJanuary 22nd: St. Thomas Parish held a vigil for life.
July 2004 then Cardinal Ratzinger wrote a letter to Cardinal McCarrick: "Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. For example, if a Catholic were to be at odds with the Holy Father on the application of capital punishment or on the decision to wage war, he would not for that reason be considered unworthy to present himself to receive Holy Communion. While the Church exhorts civil authorities to seek peace, not war, and to exercise discretion and mercy in imposing punishment on criminals, it may still be permissible to take up arms to repel an aggressor or to have recourse to capital punishment. There may be a legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about waging war and applying the death penalty, but not however with regard to abortion and euthanasia." Pope Benedict XVI has called abortion "Today's Gravest Injustice." KofC pro-life radio ad |