{"id":300941,"date":"2023-11-02T10:53:45","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T15:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=300941"},"modified":"2023-11-02T09:18:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T14:18:09","slug":"catholics-for-choice-declares-george-tiller-saint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/catholics-for-choice-declares-george-tiller-saint\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholics for Choice declares abortionist George Tiller a ‘saint’ on All Saints Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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November 1st and 2nd are days of great importance in the Catholic Church. On November 1st, the Church celebrates the Feast of All Saints \u2014 a solemnity in honor of all saints \u2014 while on November 2nd, the Church celebrates the Feast of All Souls \u2014 a day of prayer and remembrance for the faithful departed.<\/p>\n

The pro-abortion organization Catholics for Choice decided to “celebrate” All Saints Day with a litany dedicated to abortion… including George Tiller, the abortionist murdered in 2009 who was known for aborting children very late in pregnancy.<\/p>\n

On Facebook, Catholics for Choice posted<\/a> pleas for Tiller, along with other deceased abortion advocates, to be seen as saints, even, though they are not recognized by the Church.<\/p>\n

“On this All Saints Day, we honor our ancestors in faith \u2014 some who are officially recognized by the church, others whom we know to be saints in our hearts<\/strong>,” they wrote [emphasis added]. “We call upon them all to pray for us as we continue working to build a church and society where we can lovingly encounter one another across lines of difference and where each and every person can fulfill their god-given potential, embraced and loved in the joyful fullness of their authentic selves.”<\/p>\n

Attached were photos asking the prayers of the “Saintly Six<\/a>,” a group of Black Catholic American men and women all on the road to being canonized as saints by the Catholic Church \u2014 a worthy group to honor for All Saints Day. However, Catholics for Choice then added:<\/p>\n

We also honor all those murdered at the hands of the antichoice [sic] movement: Dr. George Tiller, Shannon Lowney, Lee Ann Nichols, Robert Sanderson, Barnett Siepian, Garrett Swasey, Dr. David Gunn, Ke’Arre Stewart, James Barrett, Jen Markovsky, and Dr. John Britton.<\/em><\/p>\n

We hold in our hearts the memory of all those who have died because they could not access safe abortion care.<\/em><\/p>\n