A person's dignity does not depend on his "quality of life," which nowadays is sometimes interpreted as merely the ability to experience pleasure, says John Paul II.Source.
Increasingly "so-called quality of life is interpreted primarily or exclusively as economic efficiency, inordinate consumerism, physical beauty and pleasure, to the neglect of the more profound dimensions -- interpersonal, spiritual and religious -- of existence," stated the Pope in a message addressed to the participants in the general assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life.
While reflecting on the words of the Holy Father and the teaching of the Church, please keep Terri Schiavo in your prayers pending her fight for life.
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