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Isabel Orellana

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05 February, 2024

3 min

Abortion in the movie “Nefarious”

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Abortion in the movie “Nefarious”

Go ahead and say that the creators of the film “Nefarious” have offered an extraordinary work that both believers and non-believers should see because it has hit the nail on the head. The evil one penetrates through any crack, annihilating all hope, at the same time that he takes us to his territory, taking over our minds and will if we are not attentive and allow ourselves to be seduced by him. The father of lies is cunning and, as they say in the film, “patient.” He does not easily let go of his prey, and that is why Pope Francis reminds us that we must not discuss with him, and that we must close doors and windows.

Much has been written regarding the benefits of this film, which will do a lot of good to whoever decides to see it. You will see the subtlety of the arguments used to justify the unjustifiable: eliminating the innocent or getting rid of those who are already “useful” to us in this society that so easily objectifies people and does not respect their dignity. But there is a nuance in the dialogue about abortion that is not by the ecclesial Magisterium. Let’s see.

“Nefarious” delights in counting the seconds remaining until the crime is committed against the unborn son of the incredulous psychiatrist, whose girlfriend is currently in the abortion clinic. She lets him know the enormous joy that an abortion causes in all hell, saying: “Your unborn child is now on our altar. And all hell rejoices!” And in this statement lies the error. An aborted child is a martyr. He dies cruelly, martyred. This is not a euphemism. There are still many people who refuse to believe it when it is explained to them how they are eliminated in the womb.

The question of the fate of these children who were directly denied baptism has been examined within the Catholic Church. In 1994, an International Theological Commission undertook to study this very important topic that had already attracted the attention of Cardinal Ratzinger in 1984. Occupying the Chair of Peter, on April 19, 2007, it was he himself who approved the text “The hope of salvation for children who die without baptism”, prepared by the International Theological Commission, and the next day, April 20, confirmed that children without the use of reason who die without being baptized enjoy the “beatific vision.” He pointed out that the exclusion of innocent children from Paradise does not seem to reflect Christ’s special love for the “least of these.” In this way, the issue of limbo was closed, which is where it was stated that children who had not been baptized would end up. Note that prior to this statement, the Church never mentioned hell for them.

Also, Fernando Rielo, Founder of the ident missionaries, on January 6, 1969, in one of the numerous documents that he sent to Saint Paul VI, had expressed himself in these terms regarding limbo. His text was supported by revealed data, a rigorous study of the position followed by the Church from the Holy Fathers until that moment, which among other issues linked to this issue that he also addressed, such as original sin, allowed him to show the weakness of the argument which supported the thesis of limbo for unbaptized children, all with great theological content. He had the firm conviction that the Father’s unfathomable love could not leave so many defenseless creatures who died without being baptized, excluded from his beatific presence.

All children who were prevented from seeing the light of day were denied this grace of baptism. They didn’t even have the option of wanting to achieve glory. But Christ also died for them.

Concluding. There can be no joy in hell when life is deprived through abortion, as “Nefarious” claims. Yes, there will be for the act committed by all those responsible for his death, as with any personal (or collective) concession made to the evil one, although each of the actions committed has its own gravity.

Isabel Orellana

Isabel Orellana Vilches Misionera idente. Doctora en Filosofía por la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona con la tesis Realismo y progreso científico en la epistemología popperiana. Ha cursado estudios de teología en la Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca. Con amplia actividad docente desde 1986, ha publicado libros como: Realismo y progreso científico en la epistemología popperiana, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 1993; El evangelio habla a los jóvenes, Atenas, Madrid, 1997; Qué es... LA TOLERANCIA, Paulinas, Madrid, 1999; Pedagogía del dolor. Ensayo antropológico, Palabra, Madrid, 1999; En colaboración con Enrique Rivera de Ventosa (†) OFM. Cap. San Francisco de Asís y Fernando Rielo: Convergencias. Respuestas desde la fe a los interrogantes del hombre de hoy, Universidad Pontificia, Salamanca, 2001; La "mirada" del cine. Recursos didácticos del séptimo arte. Librería Cervantes, Salamanca, 2001; Paradojas de la convivencia, San Pablo, Madrid, 2002; En la Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador, ha publicado: La confianza. El arte de amar, 2002; Educar para la responsabilidad, 2003; Apuntes de ética en Karl R. Popper, 2003; De soledades y comunicación, 2005; Yo educo; tú respondes, 2008; Humanismo y fe en un crisol de culturas, 2008; Repensar lo cotidiano, 2008; Convivir: un constante desafío, 2009; La lógica del amor, 2010; El dolor del amor. Apuntes sobre la enfermedad y el dolor en relación con la virtud heroica, el martirio y la vida santa. Seminario Diocesano de Málaga, 2006 y Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador (2007). Cuenta con numerosas colaboraciones en obras colectivas, así como relatos, cuentos, fábula y novela juvenil, además de artículos de temática científica, pedagógica y espiritual, que viene publicando en distintas revistas nacionales e internacionales. En 2012 culminó el santoral Llamados a ser santos y poco más tarde Epopeyas de amor prologado por mons. Fernando Sebastián. Es la biógrafa oficial del fundador de su familia espiritual, autora de Fernando Rielo Pardal. Fundador de los Misioneros Identes, Desclée de Brouwer, Bilbao, 2009. Culmina la biografía completa. Encargada del santoral de ZENIT desde 2012 a 2020 y ahora en Exaudi