Question

Summarize, in your own words, Pope John Paul II thoughts from the Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life).

Answer 1

Answer and Explanation:

Evangelium Vitae was written by Pope John Paul II as a life support manifesto. In this text we can see how the Pope defends that life is a gift given by God, because life belongs to God and therefore, God is the only one able to take it away, and those who try to take this responsibility will be in sin and they will have to answer for this before the God who created them. In this document, the Pope emphasizes that life is very valuable and must be defended, especially by Christians who must do everything to preserve it in any situation, therefore, the document states that killing is wrong under any circumstances, unless an assassination is the last possible possibility in a situation where many lives are in danger and the only way to protect them is to kill their threat. In this case, the document refers to the death penalty and how its application is only allowed if there is no other option to protect the lives of a large number of people.

When the document is positioned in defense of life, it encompasses cases of abortion, which must be prohibited, according to the document, as well as any kind of disturbance to the embryo, since it is considered, that at the time came into being, the embryo is already a living being.