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HLI Hails the
Election of Pope Benedict XVI
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WASHINGTON,
April 19, 2005 U.S., Statement by HLI President Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer,
STL
"Human
Life International and its worldwide family offer profound prayers
and congratulations on the election of Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
as Pope Benedict XVI, the successor to St. Peter, the Vicar of Christ
and the Supreme Pontiff.
"We thankfully
recognize the staunch pro-life commitment of Cardinal Ratzinger
during the whole of his episcopacy and we are confident that as
Pope Benedict XVI, he will continue his strong defense of the Church's
teaching on the sanctity of human life.
"May the
words of Pope John Paul II guide his way in this all- important
task, when he said: '...(T)he common outcry, which is justly made
on behalf of human rights...is false and illusory if the right to
life, the most basic and fundamental right and the condition of
all other personal rights, is not defended with maximum determination.'
(Christifideles laici, No. 38)
"Human
Life International and its worldwide network enthusiastically offer
the full extent of its talents and resources to our new pope in
his ministry as the chief shepherd of Christ's Church."
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