Official Statement on the EU's adoption of the so-called "Matić Report"
MaterCare International expresses its dissatisfaction and regret over the European Parliament’s adoption of the so-called "Matić Report" in the form of a resolution.(1) We also convey our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to those Members of the European Parliament who opposed the resolution.(2)
The "Matić Report" includes a proposal to recognize abortion as a human right, it supports indoctrinative and vulgar forms of sexual education and, for medical professionals, it restricts the right to practice according to one’s conscience. Its recommendations are clearly contrary to Christian values, natural law, and the principles of ethics and medical deontology dating back to the times of Hippocrates of Kos.
"Polish Archbishop Hoser, doctor, archbishop and envoy,
dies of COVID-19"
WARSAW, POLAND — Many Polish Catholics are mourning the death of Archbishop Henryk Hoser, a former Vatican envoy who helped rebuild the church in post-genocide Rwanda and later represented the pope at the Marian shrine in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
The archbishop, who headed Poland's Warsaw-Praga Diocese from 2008 to 2017, died of COVID-19 Aug. 13. He was 78. He was to be buried in the crypt of Warsaw's Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel and St. Florian after an Aug. 20 funeral Mass.
"His exceptional medical and spiritual preparation meant he always stood in defense of life, living out and proclaiming the church's teaching," said Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda of Gdansk. "With a deep grasp of human nature, he combined these two fields as doctor and priest, showing contemporaries the path they should take."
Prayer for the Faithful Departed Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
