VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican's second-highest
ranking doctrinal official on Monday forcefully branded
homosexual marriage an evil and denounced abortion and
euthanasia as forms of "terrorism with a human face."
He listed these as abortion clinics, which he called
"slaughterhouses of human beings," euthanasia, and "parliaments
of so-called civilized nations where laws contrary to the
nature of the human being are being promulgated, such as the
approval of marriage between people of the same sex ..."
Amato, who is said to be very close to Pope Benedict,
criticized the media's coverage of ethical issues.
After denouncing "abominable terrorism" such as that
carried out by suicide bombers, he condemned what he called
"terrorism with a human face," and accused the media of
manipulating language "to hide the tragic reality of the
facts."
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