What does it really mean to be pro-life? Is it only about opposing abortion, or does it also include opposing the death penalty and defending the dignity of immigrants?
When Pope Leo XIV recently spoke about what it truly means to be pro-life, his words caused quite a stir. Many accused him of going against Church teaching.
But in this video, Pedro Gabriel shows that Pope Leo is, in fact, right. Drawing on official magisterial documents and papal teachings, he unpacks what the Church actually teaches about a consistent Catholic and life ethics.
He also looks at why the famous quote from Joseph Ratzinger (before he became Pope Benedict XVI) is not magisterial, and how misunderstanding that distinction has led to confusion about what Catholics are really called to believe.
Pedro Gabriel, MD, is a Catholic layman and physician, born and residing in Portugal. He is a medical oncologist, currently employed in a Portuguese public hospital. A published writer of Catholic novels with a Tolkienite flavor, he is also a parish reader and a former catechist. He seeks to better understand the relationship of God and Man by putting the lens on the frailty of the human condition, be it physical and spiritual. He also wishes to provide a fresh perspective of current Church and World affairs from the point of view of a small western European country, highly secularized but also highly Catholic by tradition.
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