It is necessary to sensitize these countries so that they will be totally committed to the defense of life. It is unfortunate that Archbishop Martino does not have equal fervor for sensitizing countries to total commitment for the defense of innocent unborn human life. Few if any bishops personally and repeatedly preach against the evils of abortion but many make public proclamations to defend murderers against the death penalty . 1 Anyone who recognizes that God is always just and gives everyone who will reform the needed opportunity to reform will not use this argument. To deny that God is always good and always just is a matter of heresy.
Justifiable defense is mandatory in protection of the innocent.
Only cowardly people without faith avoid activated justice. The unseen deaths of hundreds of millions in the womb and test tubes are more horrible in the sight of God than the possible millions of adult deaths resulting from just wars. The pope and other bishops make strong protestations to stop the execution of convicted criminals but do not make similar demands in regard to the great numbers being killed hourly by abortion. All murderers have a significant number of witnesses at their executions. The foregoing is not defending life, it is care for and the prolongation of life.