abstract:

This commentary considers two informing influences on Pope Francis’s support of perinatal hospice care for families facing diagnoses of serious fetal anomalies. Reflecting on the morally formative scriptural narrative of Mary’s pregnancy and Jesus’s birth and drawing upon an often-repeated idea of Pope Francis’s papacy that “time is greater than space,” this commentary suggests that Francis’s perspective is deeply shaped by an understanding of life as a gift given by God, destined to return to God, and shaped by the invitation to participate in the fullness of our nature through acts of loving accompaniment in the face of grave suffering and loss.

中文翻译：

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出生叙事，婴儿和天主教的道德想象力：告知对教皇讲话的影响

摘要：

这篇评论认为教宗方济各对面临严重胎儿异常诊断的家庭围产期临终关怀的支持产生了两个有益的影响。反思玛丽的怀孕和耶稣的出生在道德上形成的经文叙事，并借鉴教皇方济各教皇常说的“时间大于空间”的观点，这一评论表明，弗朗西斯的观点深深地塑造了对生命的理解。上帝赐予的礼物，注定要重归上帝，并受到邀请，通过面对严重的苦难和损失而进行的爱心陪伴来参与我们自然的充实。