Ottawa, Canada, Jul 19, 2008 / 04:57 am
Mr. Natale Gallo, President of the Canadian Association of Knights of Columbus, has called on Canada’s 230,000 Knights to voice their opposition to the awarding of abortionist Henry Morgentaler with the Order of Canada and written a letter to Governor General Michaëlle Jean asking for the decoration to be “immediately rescinded.”
Gallo, the Canadian Knights of Columbus president, accused the Governor General of forgetting the hundreds of thousands of “links” in the “human chain” that have died from abortion in Canada and he urged all Canadian knights to contact their government officials to demand the revocation of the honor.
Twelve of Canada’s 88 bishops are known to have also publicly criticized the honoring of Morgentaler, LifeSiteNews reports. The critical bishops often exhorted their flocks to witness to the value of human life, to help those tempted to abort their unborn children, and to love and forgive those who have experienced abortion.
Bishop Fougere said the decision "belittles" the Order of Canada and those who have received it in the past. He asked Catholics to meditate on an important question, saying: "In your prayer, ask yourself the question: have we reached such a stage of moral and ethical bankruptcy?"