Archbishop Paglia defends appointment of abortion supporter to Pontifical Academy for Life

It is important not to overlook Jim Hanink's lesson on prudence. Presumably an Oxford ethicist would occupy the pinnacle of intellectual competence. From your report, may we infer that he would not support abortion after 18 weeks of pregnancy? If not, on what intellectual basis does he draw his conclusion? A fetus is just as alive at 18 weeks (or 17) as it is at 19. Does he believe the soul is infused after 18 weeks? His position is not intellectual but moral, or should we say, immoral.

If the reports are correct, major problems remain. First, why did Nigel Biggar's vetting come only after his stance on abortion met criticism? Second, with respect, why should the recommendation of the Archbishop of Canterbury be decisive? Third, given the unity of the virtues, there is a fortiori a unity within the virtue of justice---which both abortion and euthanasia violate. A further lesson to note: prudence is both an intellectual and moral virtue.

So now we are running the church on the Recommendations of the Archbishop of Canterbury, without doing due diligence of his recommendations. Surely their are much better Catholics to obtain recommendations from. Many of them among those dismissed from the Academy by the Pope.