Mary & Drew: There, square. Et cetera.

Sunday, March 28, 2010

There, square. Et cetera.

Choral Service of Tenebrae

St. John Cantius Church
825 N. Carpenter St.
Chicago, IL

Details:: Mar. 31, 7:30 pm - 7:30 pm Service of Tenebrae

Responsories
Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

Benedictus est Dominus
Domenico Bartolucci (b. 1917)

Christus factus est
Giovanni Battista Casali (1715-1792)

Miserere mei
Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652)

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Why not?

From a moral point of view, circumcision is permissible if, in accordance with therapeutic principles, it prevents a disease that cannot be countered in any other way.
-Pope Pius XII, 1952

Except when performed for strictly therapeutic medical reasons, directly intended amputations, mutilations, and sterilizations performed on innocent persons are against the moral law.
-Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2297

Neonatal male circumcision has no medical indication. It is a traumatic procedure performed without anaesthesia to remove a normal and healthy prepuce.
-Australian Academy of Pediatrics, 1996

The AAPS does not support or condone the practice of child circumcision.
-Australasian Academy of Pediatric Sciences, 1996

Circumcision of newborns should not be routinely performed.
-Canadian Pediatric Society, 1989

The British Association of Paediatric Surgeons advises that there is rarely a clinical indication for circumcision.
-2003

There are no valid medical indications for circumcision in the neonatal period.
-American Academy of Pediatrics, 1971