…for how can I expect the Church to address some of the many grave violations of human dignity today which are offenses against life itself: murder, genocide, abortion, euthanasia, and willful suicide; or violations of the integrity of the human person: mutilation, physical and mental torture, undue psychological pressures; or offenses against human dignity: subhuman living conditions, arbitrary imprisonment, deportation, slavery, prostitution, the selling of women and children, degrading working conditions where individuals are treated as mere tools for profit rather than free and responsible persons; and finally the death penalty, for this also violates the inalienable dignity of every person, regardless of the circumstances…
… unless I confess that the nostalgic signs of growth I’m seeking have not always led to an integral development and an improvement in the quality of life in my Church…
