” From the moment of conception, the life of every human being is to be respected in an absolute way
because man is the only creature on earth that God has “wished for himself ”
and the spiritual soul of each man is “immediately created” by God;
his whole being bears the image of the Creator.
Human life is sacred because from its beginning it involves
“the creative action of God”
and it remains forever in a special relationship with the Creator,
who is its sole end.”
Source: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19870222_respect-for-human-life_en.html
