Making a point: Archbishop George Pell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nCARDINAL George Pell, the archbishop of Sydney, has in a recent interview with the Herald Sun lambasted MPs who \u2018fly under the Christian flag\u2019 but blithely disregard Christian perspectives when facing a vote on moral issues.<\/p>\n
He disagreed with the notion that politicians support views based on primacy of conscience.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know if somebody said apartheid was all right, nobody would say \u2018Yes, you can say that because of the primacy of conscience\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Cardinal said he understood that a non-Christian or even a nominal Christian\u2019s views on moral issues may differ from the church\u2019s teaching.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf a person says, \u2018Look, I\u2019m not a Christian, I\u2019ve a different set of perspectives\u2019, I disagree but I understand. If a person says to me, \u2018Look, I\u2019m nominally a Christian but it sits lightly with me\u2019, I understand that. But it\u2019s incongruous for somebody to be a Captain Catholic one minute, saying they\u2019re as good a Catholic as the Pope, then regularly voting against the established Christian traditions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Referring to the move by Greens Party leader Bob Brown to have a pro-euthansia Bill passed by the Australian parliament, he said the measure would fail.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not telling people how to vote. I\u2019m telling people how I think they should vote. I\u2019m an Australian citizen and I have as much right to do that as any other citizen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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