The Vatican has invited the undisputed father of the modern, pro-abortion population control movement to present a paper at an upcoming Vatican-run conference.
Dr. Paul Ehrlich, author of the 1968 bestseller The Population Bomb is scheduled to speak in Vatican City during the February 27-March 1 conference that will discuss “how to save the natural world.” The Stanford biologist champions sex-selective abortion as well as mass forced sterilization as legitimate methods to curb population growth.
In his 1968 book, Ehrlich went so far as to defend forced abortion, writing: “Indeed, it has been concluded that compulsory population-control laws, even including laws requiring compulsory abortion, could be sustained under the existing Constitution if the population crisis became sufficiently severe to endanger the society.”
Titled Biological Extinction, the February conference will address what Vatican organizers call an unsustainable “imbalance” between the world’s population and what the earth is capable of producing. The event is jointly sponsored by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.
Organizers of the Vatican-run conference predict that if effective steps are not taken to reverse so-called man-made “global climate change,” then up to 40 percent of “all biodiversity on Earth” will be destroyed “by the end of this century,” including a “majority” of species of plants.
“[T]here is no possibility of improving our situation without the widespread adoption of social justice, both as a matter of morality and as a matter of survival,” the event brochure put out by the Vatican states.
With the invitation of Ehrlich to address the conference, how the Pontifical Academies understand “social justice” takes on a sinister aspect.
In The Population Bomb, Ehrlich forecasted “an utter breakdown in the capacity of the planet to support humanity” that would result in starvation for hundreds of millions, predictions that have proved to be false while his theories have been debunked. The biologist predicted in 1968 that half of Americans would die by 1990.
India and China would simply die out. By the year 2000, England would also cease to exist. Ehrlic mentioned in his book sex-selection abortion as a potentially effective tool for conserving the world’s resources by reducing population, a position he continues to defend.
In a 2011 interview with Mara Hvistendahl, Ehrlich defended sex-selection abortion, stating that “it would be a good idea to let people have their choice so that they could have fewer children and could have what they wanted,” adding that a sex-selection abortion and possibly even infanticide might be a better fate for females than what awaited them in an overpopulated world.
“You can be aborted as a conceptus, you can be killed at birth, or you can be sold into slavery and die in a slum someplace,” he said. “It would be interesting to know how many females you’re keeping out of hideous situations [when they are not] killed or infanticided.”
In the same interview, Ehrlich also defended the principle behind mass forced sterilization, a concept mentioned in a 1977 book he co-authored titled Ecoscience: Population, Resources, Environment, suggesting that mass sterilization working in tandem with sex-selection technology would be particularly effective for population control interests.
Full story at Life Site News.
Our Lady of Fatima warned us. These disgraceful affronts to Catholicism are similar to Obama’s fast track slipping in all kinds of nefarious evils because he knows his time is short. The only difference here is that these types of attacks are coming from the father of lies, who is now directly posturing his front-facing assaults, (for those who have eyes to see) on Christ’s, True Church, on earth.
These are plotting, ravenous wolves, who, have been invited in, by Judases, to cause error and teach error. These modern day Judases can now also claim to be speaking for Christ’s Church! We see this also in the latest attack on marriage and family. Remember how Judas was handily *exposed* when he pretended to care about the poor. That…
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That *exposing* of Judas was a future warning, a teaching element, to guide us so we would not fall prey to such duplicitous and deceitful wolves. Remember, Judas witnessed Christ’s many miracles, Judas regularly dined and sat in the presence of Christ so we cannot be silent or discouraged when we see these same kind of attacks on Christ’s True Church on earth. Pick up your powerful spiritual weapon, the rosary, and use it! Faithful priests, faithful laity and fellow Christians will see through these assaults and they will not follow Judas.
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It was through the mercy of God who listened to the powerful heartfelt PRAYERS, (*rosaries*) of many, many good Christians and those prayers were put into action by people speaking up on the internet and in the voting booth. These actions helped to slow down the furthering of such agendas, but we cannot rest. Each faithful Pastor should bring back the tradition of reciting the St. Michael prayer after each Mass. God bless California Catholic Daily!
Euthanasia, Abortion and now Infanticide. Dangerous ideas that killed millions when they were at their weakest point. As St. John Paul wrote in Humanae Vitae, the Church must protect the weak.
It’s pretty much over regarding trying to keep up the veneer of orthodoxy in the Francis Vatican. Inviting Paul Ehrlich to speak is wrong and unjustifiable on so many levels, including: (1) he is a nincompoop, being wrong on just about every one of his “projections” (and yet the Zombie-Liberals keep throwing awards at him); (2) he is solidly pro-abortion rights, and his appearance gives great scandal to the Church (especially given that his invitation is from the Vatican); and (3) he is beloved of the atheistic, anti-capitalist, pro-world government, climate control, and totalitarian population control crowd. In fact, Paul Ehrlich is the moral brother to Margaret Sanger. Would the Vatican invite sweet Margaret to speak at its dopey…
by any other name a nazi rose will smell the same. . we come from a tradition that says ‘be fruitful and multiply, one that requires faith.. the voice that calls out ‘ don’t be rabbits ‘ wants a reduction in numbers. one commentator once noted that ehrlich’s expressed discomfort of being in large cities was a sign of a ‘western mind’ that had not been acculturated to the jostling throngs of other countries where high population density is normal. if he grew up in the plains or high mesa west, his ‘parameters’ may he been unrealistically set, skewing juudgment of what is normal.
A horror and a disgrace, before Almighty God! Where are the efforts, all these years– to sternly rebuke this evil “scientist,” and to convert him to Christianity?? He is a very dangerous man! He sounds like Hitler’s evil Nazi-regime “doctors” and “scientists!”
I have always wondered why population-control believers never thought of promoting the practice of CHASTITY!!
Well, Linda Maria, you are a smart lady: I think the question answers itself. “Not really in their interest”.
Ideologies like those of Paul Ehrlich are powerful, and will corrupt societies. I am glad this monster has brought infanticide into the open. The Vatican with Laudato Sii has tacitly admitted Abortion and cohabitation in the name of The Global Warming religious Hoax. When life is at is weakest it is taken by our humanistic enemies that are beating US since the French Masonic Revolution. Euthanasia. Abortion, and now Infanticide ( as in Roman times when defective babies were exposed to the elements ). The Vatican and our leader seem to have no sense of the slippery slope of the past 2000 years of Christianity. Pope Francis should be ashamed of His Human-centered Pontifical program. He is adored by the Globalists but it is US suckers that…
There have been times in history, when countries have required those entering certain professions, to remain unmarried. To remain unmarried, also meant for them to live a good, chaste, honorable life, in worthy service to their profession. Two examples in American history, are the prohibition of marriage for Depression-era public school-teachers, (for economic reasons); and prohibition of marriage, for men in military service, at one time in our history, also. The practice of Chastity is also an excellent idea, for those concerned about over-population. I think that the Vatican should strongly advise the population-control scientists, that this is the best, and only ethical way, to achieve their goals!
But always– RESPECT FOR LIFE is the most important thing, before God, Who is the creator of all life!
Erlich in his own words is most self-convicting:
“I do not think my language was too apocalyptic in The Population Bomb, my language would be even more apocalyptic today. The idea that every woman should have as many babies as she wants is to me exactly the same kind of idea as everybody ought to be permitted to throw as much of their garbage into their neighbor’s backyard as they want.” (Erlich, “The Unrealized Horrors of Population Explosion”, NYT, 6/1/2015)
Babies are garbage to Erlich.
I wonder what his relationship was with his mother and father.
The best thing about Erlich—unlike with Michael Mann or Al Gore—is that we have many specific predictions that the passage of time has now evidenced to be bunk. After all, the 1968 bestseller The Population Bomb opening lines are “The battle to feed humanity is all over.” Other Erlich predictions: Hundreds of million would starve to death during the 1970s; 65 million of them would be Americans; India was doomed; and “England will not exist in the year 2000.”
Ehrlich concludes his 1968 work, “Sometime in the next 15 years, the end will come,” “an utter breakdown of the capacity of the planet to support humanity.”
It is worth keeping a volume on your shelf to be reminded that “False prophets shall arise and deceive many…
I recall many young couples, especially those who were college-educated– reading this book, and discussing it- and sadly, being influenced to take birth control pills — and vow, as part of their marriage, to have either one child, or none. And have either a tubal ligation, or a vasectomy, after the one child was born. Many took this book very seriously, at that time! Many thought they were doing tremendous good on earth– by reducing the population! Even some priests agreed with these ideas (especially in the liberal, well-educated circles!)
Apparently they invited this guy Ehrlich because Adolph Hitler wasn’t available!
John, I was just going to post: “It’s a good thing Hitler is dead”.
And yet another pro-abort invited by the Vatican! Pope Francis – what are you doing?? Again you are allowing the Vatican to be used as a forum for population controllers. Shame, yes deep shame on you.
No publications for the last fifty years?
I find it interesting that the Dr Erlich quotes ‘It has been concluded . . . ‘ Who concluded? On what basis. Seems like Swiss cheese logic.
One would think the Vatican organizers could find a more solid presenter, if they wished to include this point of view.
Bergoglio is stuck in the 1960’s, just like “Adolph” Erlich.
I agree w/ everything St. Christopher says above. However I would make one minor change:
“he (Ehrlich) is a nincompoop, being wrong on just about every one of his “projections” to: “He is a nincompoop, being wrong on EVERY one of his “projections.” Thank you!
It never ceases to amaze me that those Church “Leaders” who accept the hoaxes of “Overpopulation” and “Global Warming”(now renamed to “Climate Change”) do not see that this is a gross display of a LACK OF FAITH! Even if these hoaxes should actually occur, Faith in the Goodness and Love of our Heavenly Father, would tell us that He will take care of us. Fear is the product of Satan.
Unless Dr. Erlich has seen the light and reversed his pro-death ideas, one must wonder why Francis would ever invite this atheist to discuss this subject in the Vatican; but look what the article says:
“Organizers of the Vatican-run conference predict that if effective steps are not taken to reverse so-called man-made “global climate change,” then up to 40 percent of “all biodiversity on Earth” will be destroyed “by the end of this century,” including a “majority” of species of plants. There is no possibility of improving our situation without the widespread adoption of social justice, both as a matter of morality and as a matter of survival,” the event brochure put out by the Vatican states”. . . . .
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L et me highlight “up to 40 percent of “all biodiversity on Earth” will be destroyed “by the end of this century,” Wow, apparently its all about tying together “climate change” and “population control” via abortion. Is one to conclude that the Vatican is growing so concerned with climate change, Francis is open to abortion? If so, then could it be the Vatican is more concerned about the health of the world than the spiritual health of souls? The Vatican just by inviting and hosting this radical and openly listening to his pro death message only goes to show it is willing to listen to and consider accepting this heresy. When will people see the Great Apostasy is here? What more will it take?
Almost never mentioned anymore is that in the 1970s Ehrlich was up in arms about man-made Global Cooling, and that we were just a few degrees away from triggering an Ice Age. He’s also a mentor to Al Gore (I kid you not).
Among other things, Ehrlich was keen for government agents putting sterilants into US water and food supplies, and for sterilizing Indian men (Hadji not Tonto).
At Vatican City, it’s Chickens Little coming home to roost.