Legalized abortion signifies calling what is good, evil, what is light, shadow. Satan has laid the foundations for his ‘creation’: to remove from creation the image of God, to obscure His presence therein. At the root of this is the work of Satan, who wants to build an actual anti-creation. This is the ultimate and terrible challenge which Satan is hurling at God. ‘I am demonstrating to you that I am capable of constructing an alternative to your creation. And man will say: it is better in the alternative creation than in your creation.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Legalized abortion signifies calling what is good, evil, what is light, shadow. Satan has laid the foundations for his ‘creation’: to remove from creation the image of God, to obscure His presence therein. At the root of this is the work of Satan, who wants to build an actual anti-creation. This is the ultimate and terrible challenge which Satan is hurling at God. ‘I am demonstrating to you that I am capable of constructing an alternative to your creation. And man will say: it is better in the alternative creation than in your creation." in the context of "Cardinal Caffarra: Satan is Hurling at God the “Ultimate and Terrible Challenge” (May 20, 2017)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.