The 5th Commandment — do not kill — “rises up like a wall of defense” protecting the basic value in human relationships, the value of life. And a main breach of that Commandment is the taking of human life in the womb: abortion is like “hiring a hitman to solve a problem.”
This was Pope Francis’ observation today at the general audience, as he continued his catechesis series on the Ten Commandments.
“It could be said,” Francis observed, “that all the evil enacted in the world is summarized in this: disregard for life.”
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