Abortion and Martyrdom

Peter Kwasniewski posee el grado de Bachiller en humanidades por el Thomas Aquinas College, de California, y los grados de Master of Arts y de Doctor por The Catholic University of America (Washington, D. C.), y se ha especializado en el estudio del pensamiento tomista. Tras haber sido docente en el International Theological Institute, de Gaming, Austria, y en el Austrian Program of The Franciscan University of Steubenville, fue partedel grupo fundador del Wyoming Catholic College, donde enseñó teología, filosofía, música e historia del arte ydirigió el coro y la schola cantorum hasta 2018. Actualmente se dedica de lleno a escribir y dictar conferencias.Publica en varios portales y publicaciones de internet como The New Liturgical Movement, OnePeterFive, Rorate Caeli, The Remnant, Catholic Family News y Latin Mass Magazine. El Dr. Kwasniewski ha publicado numerosos textos y participado en encuentros, tanto de especialistas como para público en general, sobre teología de la liturgia y los sacramentos, historia y estética de la música, doctrina social de la Iglesia y temas diversos relativos a la Iglesia contemporánea. Es autor y editor de numerosos libros. Su obra se ha traducido a por lo menos dieciocho idiomas. En español tiene gran cantidad de artículos publicados en Adelante la Fe, Asociación Litúrgica Magnificat, y Marchando Religión. Para más información, visitar su página de internet: https://peterkwasniewski.com.

The horror presented by the increasing institutionalisation of abortion in contemporary society poses some of the strongest moral and theological questions of our time. Moral reason convinces the Catholic Church of the intrinsic evil of abortion, but so too do the witness of the Scriptures and the divine revelation of redemption.

The innocent suffering of children killed in the womb raises fundamental questions. Here are the reflections of a group of distinguished theologians who met at the Abbey of Solesmes for a Consultation to explore the issues raised by the place of these children in the plan of Salvation. Can the Church declare 'holy martyrs' little children slain by abortion?


"I find the argument impressive ... I am sure that this study could continue and would be of real service to the Church. It would certainly be of direct revelance to the plague of abortion, which is not only evil in itself, but also conducive to a climate and culture which can really be called 'a culture of death', and which manifests itself in so many ways in today's world, particularly in the field of biogenetics and so-called therapeutic cloning. The practice of abortion has not only killed unborn children, it has also killed, or at least anaesthetised, consciences in respect of the sacredness and inviolability of human lide." Cardinal Cahal B. Daly