Before you read the main article below, I will urge you to read some of my observations. Often the living are of the impression that they created life and doing what they want with life is their right. This apparent freedom has gone out of all proportion. Today we are not questioning why we are in this world and if at all there is life after this one. We are saying that life is accidental and we and other creatures have just evolved. These believe that after this life, it is all for them. That is sickening for those who talk and see the Maker of this world and all that are there every minute. The religious and many of us go out of our ways to promote the veracity of life after death and the fact that God who made us is there for us and had his Son died even for us and has and will ever be with us even if we go astray. I am concerned with those who go astray and as Jesus Christ is, was and will ever be. Heretofore, I was concerned with men who cannot live a normal life for reasons those of us who are supposed to be normal cannot comprehend. We dabble with the topic and that is our way of saying that we are concerned and wondering if there is a leeway to what we see as a melee. We do not want to be swellheaded and claim that we have a panacea for homosexuals and lesbians that were not accepted in the past and still grudgingly today and many more abnormalities that are and will be. We are not just concerned with all that would touch life and disturb us but the generations to come after us.
We dabble with what we call pure sciences and some of us believe that we accidentally mushroomed on earth owing to some accidental fusion of chemicals and that the issue of God making us and other creatures on earth is bunkum. In this vein, there are proponents of those who vehemently believe that they own their life and can do whatever they want with it. Their spurious arguments are strongly put so that marginal Christians and other believers are sometimes convinced. Some women similarly believe that they own their lives and can do whatever they want with their bodies and what are put and removed out of them. They can get impregnated at any time and abort the fetuses that are in their wombs at will. They determine for themselves when life begins and when it should end at their convenience. They succeed and are doing them for their earthly gratifications. Some even do them and at their advanced ages when they cannot have children, they go on to adopt those fetuses, now people that had been preserved by those who value life. This is all arrant. Today, June 14, 2013 Quebec, the predominantly French speaking Province of Canada, North America is endorsing euthanasia. They are not the first nor the last. Euthanasia is what others call mercy killing of an individual who may be suffering as a way to alleviate his or her pains. I see Malthusian theory of population control coming in to play at our age. We will control population explosion by vice and this is what is happening. If we kill to alleviate pains of a terminally ill person, we still kill and taking away a human life is a cardinal sin. It is killing downright and an individual who partakes in this cannot claim that he or she did not kill and should not have any compunction. Dr. Viban Viban Ngo
We, the Bishops of the Roman Catholic
Church which is in Cameroon, gathered in Sangalima, during the 36th
annual seminar of the Bishops of Cameroon from 5 to 12 January 2013,
Aware of the general climate of
permissiveness, forgetfulness of God, of creation, of nature as God created and
intended it for our happiness, a climate experienced and resisted by families
and against which they courageously protect and defend themselves, upholding
human and divine values,
After having noted the proliferation and
the normalization of induced abortions in our country, despite current
legislation,
Nothing also, with pains, that under the
pretext of the respect of human rights and the principle of non-discrimination,
international organizations tend to impose on African countries and on the
world, legislation for the recognition of sexual orientations contrary to
nature, our culture and our faith, such as homosexuality, gay marriages with
the possibility of adoption of children by these “couples”,
Deploring also the increase in our cities,
our neighborhoods, our villages and families of victims of incest often linked
with a permissive mentality and the presence of networks that impose inhuman
practices which are against nature, despicable and criminal; without leaving
out numerous abuses of minor,
Taking into account the plan of God for
the whole creation, the humanism which derives from it, his infinite mercy for
the sinner and our mission of the salvation of the whole person and of every
man in Jesus Christ,
In the name of the Church, expert in
humanity, we, the Bishops of Cameroon unanimously declare the following:
I - CONCERNING INDUCED ABORTION
. Human life is sacred and inviolable from
conception its natural end. It must be respected consistently and
unconditionally (cf. Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) no 2270)
. The
human embryo has the dignity of the human person, Killing an embryo is killing
a person and destroying life (cf. CCC no 227).
.
Pregnancy is neither a decease nor a misfortune which must be disposed of, but
the gift of life to humanity to be preserved with great care,
. Families,
medical, social, civil and religious organizations should support families or
couples disturbed by unwanted pregnancies, teenage pregnancies, illegitimate or at risk from rape, to save
these unborn children and give them human life.
.
Religious communities, social organizations, schools and universities, families
must arrange and consistently prevent induced abortion through education and
sensitization of young people, families and society as a whole.
. To Christians, we ask to read once more in
ecclesial communities, families, associations, schools and universities our
Pastoral Letter on abortion of 1979 that still retains its relevance: “Respect
the life of the child who is not yet
born. Be faithful to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who loves all men,
and especially the weak and the helpless” (p.20)
. To abort and to assist in committing abortion are crimes which are
considered direct and voluntary killing of the human being. This is a grave sin
punishable by excommunication whose absolution is reserved to the Pope, the
Bishop of the place or priests authorized to act. (cf. CCCn o 1463). The door of God’s mercy is always open,
priests must accompany in prayer, ensure the spiritual and compassionate
monitoring of those who come to reconcile with God and the Church
II CONCERNING HOMOSEXUALITY
. Homosexuality deals with men and women who experience sexual
attraction exclusively or predominantly toward people of the same sex. The
debate on homosexuality raises the question of sexuality and its dignity, its
meaning; its language and its purpose.
. Given the multifaceted claims of the promoters of homosexuality;
the right to legal marriage, adoption of children, founding a family, and
medically assisted procreation etc…, claims which are based on several concepts
whose main ideology of gender opposes the classical notions of family, gender
and reproduction.
. For
human dignity and salvation of all mankind in Jesus Christ,
We, the Bishop of Cameroon, unanimously declare the
following:
. The Church, Mother and Educator teachers the sacredness of the
sexual identity of the man and woman created in the image of God (Gen. 1, 26),
the dignity of their sexuality and of their marriage which form basis of their
family.
. The human person is created by man and woman “Male and female, he
created them” (Gen 1, 26). This invariable difference is the basis of their
relationship and their complementarity and this is fulfilled in marriage.
. Homosexuality falsifies human anthropology and trivializes
sexuality, marriage and family as the foundation of society. In African culture, it is not part of the
family and social values. It is a
flagrant violation of the legacy which our ancestors, faithful to
heterosexuality and the family have handed down to us. Throughout human history, practices of
homosexuality have never led to the evolution of society, but have always been
the obvious signs of the outrageous decay of civilizations. In fact, homosexuality opposes humanity to
itself and even destroys it.
. The
identity of sexuality is deeply misunderstood, misused, perverted outside
conjugal relationship of man and woman.
Therefore acts experienced in the context of homosexuality are not <<
sexual >> but “relationships against nature” (Rom 1, 26).
. Marriage is an institution that legalizes sex and parentage for
the foundation of a new family. It is
the union of a man and woman who agree to start a family and live together in love. The homosexual union is not a marriage, it
distorts the meaning of marriage by reducing it to a link that is sterile,
hedonistic and perverse, “the infamy of man to man” (Rom 1, 26)
. Men and women have the natural right to assume the specificity of their
nature, it is a right which is invariable, irreducible and structuring, and
which can be understood only in the context of the couple, sexuality and the
family as the basis of paternity for the man and maternity for the woman. The
“liberal” orientation of sexuality brandish by the promoters of homosexuality
is a denial of this law.
. Every child, boy or girl has the right to live his identity in
connection with a mother and a father. Promoters of homosexuality who are
clamoring for a law on adoption, want to ignore this primordial right which is
necessary for the balance development of the child.
. In fact, homosexuality is not a human right but a disposition that
seriously harms humanity because it is not based on any value intrinsic to
human beings; <
Faithful to this constant teaching of the Magisterium which states
that acts of homosexuality are intrinsically disordered and contrary to natural
law (cf Catechism of the Catholic Church no 2357).
We, the Bishops of Cameroon, reiterate our disapproval of
homosexuality and homosexual unions. On this subject we call, we call on all
believers and people of good will to reject homosexuality and the so-called “gay marriages” and to accompany
those who are inclined towards homosexuality and homosexuals by means of
prayer, spiritual follow up and compassion, in view of their conversion.
III – CONCERNING INCEST
Reported cases of incest in families are dramas of great suffering
and deep despair. This plague brings about the deterioration of relations
between relatives.
Faced with the moral evil of incest, a true human and social turmoil
is taking on more and more momentum in our society.
Moved by the pastoral concern to protect and promote the family, and
its human and spiritual values.
We, the Bishops of Cameroon, unanimously call your attention on the
following:
·
Consanguinity is sacred,
·
Incest <
·
The prohibition of incest is
universal. Society planned it to strengthen family cohesion.
·
The Lord God forbids marriage
between consanguineous Israelites (cf. 18, 6-18)
·
The Cameroon penal punishes
incest (art. 360)
·
The prohibition of incest is a
natural law,
·
Incest seriously destroys
consanguinity and direct affinity and destroys the balance of the family.
·
Children born of incestuous
relationships, suffer from an identity crisis that traumatizes their
personality.
We strongly condemn:
This horrible abomination that destroys the fabric of the
family, denigrates its authors (cf. 1Co 5, 1ss), causes the curse of incestuous
people (Deut. 27.20) and can cause misery and even death of the guilty if they
are not purified (cf. Lv 20, 11).
We insistently urge:
·
All families, tribes, ethnic groups have to
scrupulously respect the consanguinity and affinity and to make known to their
descendants the relationship between them.
·
The whole society and
authorities in their diversity have to protect consanguinity, the foundation of
the human family.
·
All the faithful, priests and
religious have to accompany them in prayer, monitoring of spiritual and
compassionate life of victims and perpetrators of incest for a new life in the
Lord.
IV – CONCERNING THE ABUSE OF MONORS
·
Child Abuses are varied and
thrive in our society. We denounce the theft and sale of children, all sexual
abuses namely: pedophilia, rape, incest, sexual assault, indecent exposure,
sexual harassment, child pornography, child prostitution. . . these outrages on
a minor are unanimously condemned by the scriptures, nation and are punishable
by law.
We the Bishops of
Cameroon,
·In accordance with the
legislation in force in our country, the African tradition so attached to the
sacredness of the child,
·Following the particular
example of Jesus Christ who blessed the children and recommended: “Beware not
to despise one of these little ones” (MT 18,10) because what you have done to
the least of mine, it is to me that you have done” (Mt 25,40)
·Unanimously condemn child abuse
in all forms
·Urge the society to enhance the
protection of minors at all levels, to denounce and fight firmly the
perpetrations while providing medical care,
·Call on all the parents to
cover their children with affection and respect, to ensure a good education and
to preserve them from these abuses inside as well as outside of the family
home,
·Ask educators to protect
children, to inform them from these abuses that threaten them and on what to do
against aggression.
Dear faithful of Christ who said: “I have come that they may have
life and have it abundantly” (Jn 10, 10), let us be united from this 2013 Lent
to protect and promote the culture of life in our country and around the world.
Done
at Sagmelima January, 12, 2013
For the Bishops of Cameroon
Mgr. Joseph Atanga
Archbishop of Bertoua
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Friday, June 14, 2013
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