John Garvey , University President, and Cardinal Donald Wuerl, archbishop of Washington and chancellor of the University, published an op-ed in the Washington Post on the Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Act and the Human Rights Amendment Act. See below.
From: Washington Post Date: April 17, 2015 Author: John Garvey and Cardinal Donald Wuerl
Last month, Pope Francis announced that the Catholic Church would celebrate a Holy Year of Divine Mercy. God's mercy has been a theme of his pontificate.
We all need God's forgiveness. The pope has said, "I am a sinner." The Catholic Church's response to our human frailty is not condemnation but mercy. There may be no institution that understands this better.
Recent laws enacted by the D.C. Council would have us believe otherwise. The Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Amendment Act and the Human Rights Amendment Act purport to address "discrimination" by institutions such as ours, the Archdiocese of Washington and the Catholic University of America. The putative victims of this discrimination are people who part ways with church teaching about unborn life and sexual autonomy.
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