Guest guest Posted January 4, 2001 Report Share Posted January 4, 2001 Father Mother God thank You for shutting down so many French slaughterhouses, and for this domino effect to all slaughterhouses, which are hells on earth.. thank You for the Spirit of Universal Mercy reposted: " Maynard S. Clark " veggieveggie@n... | Block address Subject: Vatican official calls for more just relationship with animals Reply-to: veggieveggie@n... Add Addresses Vatican official calls for more just relationship with animals 12/14/00 7:06:43 PM Eastern Standard Time BruceF@P... http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/20001208.htm Vatican official calls for more just relationship with animals By John Thavis Catholic News Service <http://www.CatholicNews.com/index.html> VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Human dominion over the natural world must not be taken as an unqualified license to kill or inflict suffering on animals, a Vatican official said. The cramped and cruel methods used in the modern food industry, for example, may cross the line of morally acceptable treatment of animals, the official said in an article Dec. 7 in the Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano. The article, titled ``For a More Just Relationship With Animals,'' was written by Marie Hendrickx, a longtime official of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. She said that in view of the growing popularity of animal rights movements, the church needs to ask itself to what extent Christ's dictum, " Do to others whatever you would have them do to you'' can be applied to the animal world. The ``Catechism of the Catholic Church'' says it is legitimate for humans to use animals for food and clothing, and to domesticate them for work or leisure. But Hendrickx pointed out that a small but significant change in wording was made between the catechism's first edition and its official Latin edition on use of animals for medical experimentation. Such experiments are now called morally acceptable only if they contribute to caring for or saving human lives. Moreover, the catechism says that in general it is " contrary to human dignity to cause animals to suffer or die needlessly.'' Hendrickx said the question today is whether " the right to use animals to feed oneself implies raising chicken in cages that are each smaller than a notebook.'' " Or raising calves in boxes where they cannot move or see the light of day? Or pinning down sows with iron rings into a nursing position so that piglets can suck the milk without ever stopping, and thus grow faster?'' she said. Likewise, she questioned whether the right to dress oneself with animal skins meant it was morally acceptable to let fur-bearing creatures die slowly in traps from hunger, cold or bleeding. Hendrickx also questioned treatment of animals in traditional spectacles that have survived into the modern age, like bull-fighting or " throwing cats or goats off a bell-tower.'' She was referring to the tradition in a Spanish town of tossing a goat from a 50-foot bell tower into a piece of tarpaulin, to mark the beginning of the festival of St. Vincent, the town's patron saint. The town gave up the practice earlier this year after years of protest from animal rights groups. She said that spectacles involving cruelty to animals are sometimes justified as ``cathartic'' acts that release collective aggression. But experience shows the opposite is true: where brutal Photos - Share your holiday photos online! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2001 Report Share Posted January 9, 2001 Not Enough. Vatican should set example of the teachings of Christ 'Thou Shall not Kill " and tell members of its church to shun meat, egg and all animal food products. shiva Chennai INDIA >Ahimsa Netwrk <ahimsanet > > , teenvegans , veganism > Vatican correlates violence to animal abuse >Thu, 4 Jan 2001 10:39:47 -0800 (PST) > > > > Father Mother God thank You for shutting > down so many French slaughterhouses, >and for > this domino effect to all >slaughterhouses, > which are hells on earth.. thank You >for > the Spirit of Universal Mercy > >reposted: > " Maynard S. Clark " veggieveggie@n... >| Block address > Subject: > Vatican official calls for more just >relationship with animals > Reply-to: > veggieveggie@n... > > Add Addresses > > > > > Vatican official calls for more just >relationship with animals > 12/14/00 7:06:43 PM Eastern >Standard Time > BruceF@P... > > > >http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/20001208.htm > Vatican official calls for more just >relationship with animals > By John Thavis > Catholic News Service ><http://www.CatholicNews.com/index.html> > > VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Human dominion >over the natural world > must not be taken as an unqualified >license to kill or inflict > suffering on > animals, > a Vatican official said. > > The cramped and cruel methods used in >the modern food industry, > for example, may cross the line of >morally acceptable treatment of > animals, > the official said in an article Dec. >7 in the Vatican newspaper, > L'Osservatore Romano. > > The article, titled ``For a More Just >Relationship With Animals,'' > was written by Marie Hendrickx, a >longtime official of > the Congregation for the Doctrine of >the Faith. > > She said that in view of the growing >popularity of animal rights > movements, > the church needs to ask itself to >what extent Christ's dictum, > " Do to others whatever you would have >them do to you'' > can be applied to the animal world. > > The ``Catechism of the Catholic >Church'' says it is legitimate for > humans > to use animals for food and clothing, >and to domesticate them for > work > or leisure. > > But Hendrickx pointed out that a >small but significant change in > wording > was made between the catechism's >first edition and its official > Latin > edition > on use of animals for medical >experimentation. Such experiments are > now called morally acceptable only if >they contribute to caring for > or > saving > human lives. > > Moreover, the catechism says that in >general it is " contrary to > human > dignity to cause animals to suffer or >die needlessly.'' > > Hendrickx said the question today is >whether " the right to use > animals > to feed oneself implies raising >chicken in cages that are each > smaller > than a notebook.'' > > " Or raising calves in boxes where >they cannot move or see the light > of > day? > Or pinning down sows with iron rings >into a nursing position so > that > piglets > can suck the milk without ever >stopping, and thus grow faster?'' > she > said. > > Likewise, she questioned whether the >right to dress oneself with > animal > skins meant it was morally acceptable >to let fur-bearing creatures > die > slowly in traps from hunger, cold or >bleeding. > > Hendrickx also questioned treatment >of animals in traditional > spectacles > that have survived into the modern >age, like bull-fighting or > " throwing > cats or goats off a bell-tower.'' > > She was referring to the tradition in >a Spanish town of tossing a > goat > from a 50-foot bell tower into a >piece of tarpaulin, to mark the > beginning > of the festival of St. Vincent, the >town's patron saint. The town > gave > up > the practice earlier this year after >years of protest from animal > rights > groups. > > She said that spectacles involving >cruelty to animals are sometimes > justified as ``cathartic'' acts that >release collective aggression. > But > experience shows the opposite is >true: where brutal > > > > Photos - Share your holiday photos online! > _______________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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