Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, who is the archbishop of Luxembourg and a member of the Council of Cardinals that advises Pope Francis, condemned abortion in a recent interview.

He called abortions “killing unborn children” and warned that “History will judge us.”

But why is the destruction of human life so prevalent on his continent of Europe and worldwide? Cardinal Hollerich said it’s because of spineless politicians who care more about polls than values.

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“This is a political consequence of the decline of Christianity and Catholicism in Europe because it is a fact that Christians in Europe are now a minority and will become even more so in the coming years,” he said, explaining the current political position of Christians in Europe.

“Today we have politicians. Politicians have no convictions: They read polls and adapt what they think to them. This is a huge mistake that I see at both national and European levels,” the cardinal said.

Compelling political argumentation has faded into the background, he added. “Today, those who govern us no longer have a backbone.”

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Regarding the Church’s role in dealing with political and social issues, Hollerich said it should engage the world in a dialog based on the Second Vatican Council.

His remarks are important given that so-called Catholic politicians like Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi are thoroughly pro-abortion.

Last month, Pope Francis issued a landmark statement called “Infinite Dignity” that condemns concerning practices such as surrogacy and euthanasia.

The new 20-page declaration Dignitas Infinita, or “Infinite Dignity,” has the Catholic Church proclaiming that “gender theory” plays into “the age-old temptation to make oneself God” as well as that “sex change” surgery is a threat to human dignity.

“In the light of Revelation, the Church resolutely reiterates and confirms the ontological dignity of the human person, created in the image and likeness of God and redeemed in Jesus Christ,” the document declares at its beginning.

“Regarding gender theory, whose scientific coherence is the subject of considerable debate among experts, the Church recalls that human life in all its dimensions, both physical and spiritual, is a gift from God,” the document stated.

“This gift is to be accepted with gratitude and placed at the service of the good. Desiring a personal self-determination, as gender theory prescribes, apart from this fundamental truth that human life is a gift, amounts to a concession to the age-old temptation to make oneself God, entering into competition with the true God of love revealed to us in the Gospel.”

The Catholic Church also opposed surrogacy, “through which the immensely worthy child becomes a mere object.”