In order to convince the confused and alienated masses, we must be able to demonstrate that
Catholic social thought treads the middle path between theocracy — the ambition of strict Islamist ideology — where the spiritual authorities simply subsume the powers of the State, and the atheist secularist
agenda, which eventually leads to the State assuming God - like powers, yet without the compassion and respect for human freedom that is characteristic of the true God of Love.
My point was, and my point remains, that the very structure of the conference reinforces the stereotype that the
Catholic social - justice
agenda and the
Catholic pro-life
agenda need to be reconciled, when, in fact, there is no more urgent question of
social justice and moral progress than the protection of innocent human life at every point of development and dependency.
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