"Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. There may be legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about waging war and applying the death penalty, but not... with regard to abortion and euthanasia"
- Joseph Ratzinger
About this Quote
This quote by Joseph Ratzinger is stressing the value of abortion and euthanasia as ethical problems. He is recommending that while there might be a diversity of opinion among Catholics on other moral issues such as waging war and the capital punishment, there must not be a diversity of viewpoint on abortion and euthanasia. Ratzinger is indicating that abortion and euthanasia are more serious moral problems than other topics and should be dealt with as such. He is suggesting that Catholics should have a unified viewpoint on these 2 problems, as they are of higher ethical weight than other subjects. Ratzinger is highlighting the value of abortion and euthanasia as ethical issues and the need for Catholics to have a unified opinion on them.
"Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see"
