Pope Francis has strongly backed the Catholic Church’s opposition to abortion and long equated it to murder or “hiring a hitman to solve a problem.”
FILE – Pope Francis sits on his wheelchair as he presides over the Sunday mass at King Baudouin Stadium, in Brussels Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024.
Francis surprised and even enraged some Belgians when, during his September visit to Brussels, he prayed at Baudouin’s tomb,Doubling down on the issue during his in-flight press conference en route home, Francis called doctors who perform abortions “hitmen.” Francis has strongly backed the Catholic Church’s opposition to abortion and long equated it to murder or “hiring a hitman to solve a problem.” But his strong comments about abortion in Belgium only served to inflame an already troubled visit, given the Belgian church’s wretched legacy of clergy sexual abuse.
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