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The
Council of Major Superiors
of Women Religious recognize
in the communication of
human life and human love a
sacred gift from the Heart
of the Blessed Trinity: in
life, the gift of His image;
in love, the call toward His
Likeness.
Affirming the dignity of
every person, however small
or incapacitated, the CMSWR
opposes any disregard for
the sacredness of human life
and particularly calls
attention to the injustice
of abortion and euthanasia.
Willed into existence by a
deliberate act of love by
God, each unique human life
Aremains forever in a
special relationship with
the Creator, who is its sole
end.(1 Donum Vitae, 5 ) The
taking of innocent human
life is never a good; the
Council believes the reasons
many give for doing so
present a call for greater
generosity on the part of
the community towards those
experiencing difficulties
and towards the most
vulnerable. While strongly
condemning abortion, the
CMSWR never condemns women
and men who suffer its
effects, but rather invites
them to the hope and healing
found in Jesus and His
Church.
Practices such as the
destruction of embryos for
the sake of scientific
research, or the use of
aborted children for the
sake of scientific research,
and human cloning of any
kind radically violate the
sacredness of human life.
The CMSWR supports
legislative efforts to ban
such practices.
The
gift of life is welcomed and
protected in the family,
which is founded upon
marriage. In raising human
love to reflect the
complementary and fruitful
gift-love of the Blessed
Trinity, God ordains
marriage as a lifelong
commitment of mutual
self-gift between a man and
a woman and sanctifies it
with His own presence and
grace. Recognizing the
graced link between life and
love, the CMSWR opposes
practices such as
contraception and the
immoral use of reproductive
technology that invites the
creation of human life
outside of natural marital
relations.
Marriage, established and
sustained by God, is
unchangeable in definition
and is a fundamental good
for men and women, for the
family, and for the whole of
society and culture. While
the CMSWR upholds the
dignity of every human
person regardless of sexual
orientation, the Council
unequivocally supports
efforts to establish
legislation in defense of
marriage (DOMA) in order to
witness to the good of this
God-given gift and to
safeguard its sacred nature.
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