{"id":204934,"date":"2019-06-19T07:36:32","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T12:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=204934"},"modified":"2019-06-19T16:10:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T21:10:00","slug":"madonna-pope-francis-jesus-pro-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/madonna-pope-francis-jesus-pro-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"Madonna tells Pope Francis that Jesus would be pro-choice. No, really."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Pop icon Madonna sat down with Australian journalist Andrew Denton, and spoke about her hope for a meeting with Pope Francis &#8212; not to discuss religion or theology, but to try to convince him to change Catholic doctrine on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abortionprocedures.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abortion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let&#8217;s talk about Jesus&#8217; point of view about women. Let&#8217;s talk about it,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-7153859\/Madonna-says-shed-like-meeting-Pope-Francis-discuss-womans-right-choose.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she said<\/a>, asking, &#8220;What do you really think he thought of women? And don&#8217;t you think Jesus would agree that a woman has the right to choose what to do with her body?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"molvideoplayer\" title=\"MailOnline Embed Player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/embed\/video\/1948240.html\" width=\"698\" height=\"573\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pope-francis-abortion-like-hitman\/\">Pope Francis: Abortion \u2018is like hiring a hitman to solve a problem\u2019<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She also seemed hopeful that Pope Francis might want to discuss this with her, saying, &#8220;One day he might invite me. I think this one might&#8230;. I think he would be open to having that conversation with me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While Madonna strangely seems to think that God would be a supporter of abortion, the facts indicate otherwise. During <a href=\"https:\/\/www.franciscanmedia.org\/visitation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Visitation<\/a>, for example, Jesus was recognized by his cousin, John the Baptist, whom the Bible says leapt for joy &#8212; while both were still in their mothers&#8217; wombs. Jesus also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew+18&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spoke extensively<\/a> about His love for children and about their importance.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, it is made clear in Scripture that preborn children are seen by God as human beings; the Bible teaches that every human being is <a href=\"https:\/\/biblia.com\/bible\/esv\/Gen%201.27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">made in God&#8217;s own image<\/a>, and that each and every person was <a href=\"https:\/\/biblia.com\/bible\/esv\/Mal%202.10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">created by God<\/a>. The Psalms speak of how people are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm+139%3A13-14&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;knitted&#8230; together&#8221;<\/a> in their mothers&#8217; wombs and are &#8220;fearfully and wonderfully made.&#8221; Scripture also teaches how one&#8217;s humanity is <a href=\"https:\/\/biblia.com\/bible\/esv\/Exod%204.11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not determined<\/a> by age, size, or abilities.<\/p>\n<p>Even if one were to discount the humanity of preborn children, Jesus did not call for people to indulge their every desire and whim; He said quite the opposite: that if anyone desired to follow Him, that person would need to &#8220;deny himself, take up his cross,&#8221; and follow Him. This requires sacrificing one&#8217;s own desires.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to all of this, Pope Francis has been an ardent defender of life. He has <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pope-francis-defend-life-stop-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called on politicians to defend all life<\/a>, regardless of their individual faith, and has on more than one occasion\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pope-francis-abortion-like-hitman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">compared abortionists to hitmen<\/a>. He has personally intervened to dissuade people from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pope-francis-saved-baby-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abortion<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pope-francis-convinces-a-victim-of-an-acid-attack-not-to-go-through-with-assisted-suicide-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">assisted suicide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Given this background, it seems odd that Madonna would think a personal chat with her would convince Pope Francis to suddenly see abortion as something positive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pop icon Madonna sat down with Australian journalist Andrew Denton, and spoke about her hope for a meeting with Pope Francis &#8212; not to discuss religion or theology, but to try to convince him to change Catholic doctrine on abortion. &#8220;Let&#8217;s talk about Jesus&#8217; point of view about women. 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