Mexico City's Bishops Set a Standard

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Judie Brown, author of Saving Those Damned Catholics, praises Mexico City leaders and their effort in stopping a pro-abortion proposal that is currently before Mexico City lawmakers. Mrs. Brown believes that America needs to have this sort of leadership among our prominent Catholic figures. Mrs. Brown is available for interviews by contacting Hayley McConnell at hmcconnell@sbpublicaffairs.com.

The media does not frequently report on the positive actions of a nation’s Catholic bishops. Mexico may be the exception. Mexico City’s Catholic leaders have collected more than 32,000 signatures in an effort to place a referendum before the people of Mexico’s capital city opposing a pro-abortion proposal currently before the lawmakers who run Mexico City. Legislators are scheduled to vote on the measure on April 24th. Because the law is expected to pass, a law which would permit surgical abortions during the first 3 months of a preborn child’s life, the Catholic Church in Mexico is working hard to undo the law by whatever legal means is available to them.

The Archdiocese of Mexico City has already announced that any Catholic legislator who votes in favor of the pro-abortion law will be automatically excommunicated from the Church. The Catholic Church is prepared, if they must, to challenge this law, if it passes, in Court if all else fails. (my emphasis)

In the United States of America such bold action is rare. Public threats of excommunication and promises of legal action all the way to Court if needed are so infrequent I cannot recall a time when America’s Catholic Bishops were united in such a brave undertaking. Perhaps the American Bishops will take a lesson from Mexico City’s hierarchy. One can always hope.

Judie Brown is President of American Life League and the author of Saving Those Damned Catholics (Xlibris, 2007).

We still hope and pray that U.S. Bishops might find similar courage and leadership qualities!