Cardinal Gerhard Müller has issued a striking comparison between the United Kingdom’s recent buffer-zone laws and the persecution suffered under Nazi rule, suggesting a moral erosion in Western society. Addressing the Le Tavole di Assisi conference on September 6, 2025, Müller warned that laws forbidding silent prayer outside abortion facilities reflect a dereliction of conscience akin to totalitarian regimes.
In his remarks, the Cardinal invoked the memory of Blessed Bernhard Lichtenberg, the Berlin Cathedral priest who died in Gestapo custody in 1943 simply for praying for Jews. Müller likened Lichtenberg’s fate to the potential punishment of today’s pro-life advocates, noting chilling parallels in criminalizing prayer at abortion clinics. He argued: “In England, you can go to prison for praying for the lives of the unborn… just as… Lichtenberg died… merely because he had prayed”.
Müller underscored that pro-abortion ideologues, much like Nazi ideologues, “numb their consciences” through ideological justifications—claiming unborn children are not fully human to justify abortion. Such analogies serve as a caution: when moral truths are dismissed, society risks descending into laws which disregard our most fundamental rights.
He extended his concerns to contemporary issues, condemning “gender madness”—the promotion of gender transition for adolescents, which he described as inflicting lifelong physical and psychological harm through “assisted self-mutilation”. Müller argued that both abortion and gender ideology are part of a broader ideological campaign that undermines natural moral law.
Finally, Cardinal Müller called on American Catholics—and particularly the episcopate—to express gratitude for government that places natural moral law at the heart of policymaking. He specifically praised the Trump administration for restoring moral clarity and reason—essential for the vitality of the free West
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