Father Mike Schmitz claims that abortion is like a gunshot wound in that it has to be treated right away.
The well-known podcaster priest recently told the New York Times Magazine, “You’re not going to say, ‘OK, we need to get you on a programme of diet and exercise.’
If an overweight person walks into the ER with a gunshot wound. “No, you’re bleeding out, it’s like. We’ll address the underlying health concerns when this is resolved.
The Minnesota Catholic priest disputed the notion that being “pro-life” exclusively implies opposing abortion in an interview that was published on Sunday.
It stands for more, he said, including the support of mothers and their unborn children both before and after delivery.
There are many women’s care facilities in our diocese that, although they are pro-life, or anti-abortion, all focus on giving alternatives to women who are experiencing crisis pregnancies thereafter, he added.
He said that the Catholic Church supports life in addition to opposing abortion.
“People say things like ‘You just worry about getting the kid born,’ as you indicated. David Marchese, a staff writer, was retorted to by Schmitz, “You don’t care about what occurs after the delivery. “No, actually.”
Schmitz said, “The Church and Church members provide all these services to assist take care of women and children.
Schmitz is not unfamiliar with the problem of life. He spoke in the Washington, D.C., 2022 March for Life earlier this year.
However, he spends most of his time in Minnesota, where he works as the director of youth ministry for the Duluth Diocese and as a chaplain at the University of Minnesota-Duluth.
Schmitz has worked on a variety of projects, but his enormously successful podcast, “The Bible in a Year (With Fr. Mike Schmitz),” may be his most well-known.
The magazine’s title hailed him as a “Catholic podcasting sensation” as a result.
Marchese pressed the priest on a number of contentious subjects, adding, “I don’t entirely see why it’s not the mother’s life that requires the immediate treatment,” before drawing a comparison to a gunshot wound.
Schmitz said, “I wouldn’t contest that. “I agree that the individual involved is going through a crisis. That is real.
He cited a local instance.
I’m pro-life, and when I say pro-life, I don’t simply mean anti-abortion,’” he added, “and that’s one of the reasons, at least in our community here in Duluth, we’ve had kids who graduated from UMD who have founded these women care centres.
I mean, let’s assist mothers. Let’s assist their kids. Let’s assist them in overcoming the crisis so they may stop living in a crisis state.
Schmitz addressed the claim that a woman has a right to an abortion since it is her body at another point in the conversation.
But there’s another person engaged in this too, he said. “That person has the right to physical autonomy as well. It is known as the “right-to-life movement” for this reason.
Marchese questioned Schmitz about how he interacts with individuals while presenting more challenging teachings on topics like abortion, homosexuality, and gay marriage.
Schmitz said that he listens first.
He said, “With the big issues, because those are major problems, I’ll ask, ‘OK, where are you at with this?’ rather than providing the solution.
He said that if he can convince someone that “God cares for you,” he would consider the talk a success.
Schmitz emphasised the significance of the “Christian message” in challenging circumstances where a woman could choose to have an abortion or if someone claims to be attracted to people of the same sex.
“You’re OK. You matter. God is aware of your identity and has delved into your brokenness so that you are not left alone, he stated. It doesn’t have to be the thing that makes up your whole existence.
He said that the unconditional love of God for every individual, just as they are, transforms hearts.
If I claim that he can love me right now, I don’t only mean that he feels this way. Schmitz said, “I’m letting that love alter me. “When I say that, I don’t mean to imply that my aspirations have subsided or that I am no longer expecting.
What I’m trying to convey is that I don’t have to walk in shame if God has my consent to love me exactly as I am right now. I am thus not alone in my path.
“When it comes to the great questions, the question remains the same, and the response must be given: Does God have your consent to love you as you are right now? “, he said in conclusion. If not, then?”