You wrote: "The "seamless garment" is also known as the "consistent ethic of life" and was defined by Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, who devised the term, as opposition to abortion, capital punishment, assisted suicide, unjust war, economic injustice, and euthanasia."

My question: What, exactly, is your issue with ANY of the above, and why the seeming passive-aggressive attitude toward the late Joseph Cardinal Bernardin?

Dear Just Asking

Abortion is an intrinsically evil act. Capital punishment should be rarely used,but is not condemned by the Church as an intrinsically evil act. Assisted Suicide is murder, therefore an intrisnically evil act. Unjust war vs. just war can be debated. Economic justice is not in itself anything other than a principal to strive toward in a just society Euthanasia is murder and therefore intrinsically evil

I think you can see why there are a hierarchy of questions here, and they should never be lumped together and presented as equally important because they are not.

Judie Brown

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