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Pope Salutes Pro - Life GroupBy REUTERS from the NYTimes on the Web, February 5, 2006Members of Italy's Movement for Life waved balloons and cheered when the Pope welcomed them to St. Peter's Square on what was the Italian Church's annual "Day of Life." One banner read: "No abortion-murder, no assisted fertility." The Pope's support for the
group comes as the abortion issue in Health Minister Francesco Storace, of the right-wing National Alliance party, supports the Church's opposition to the abortion pill -- which is still unavailable in Italy -- and has proposed that members of the Movement for Life be allowed access to the country's abortion counseling centers. "Every human life in itself
always deserves to be defended and encouraged," Benedict told the crowd from his "We well know that this truth risks being contradicted by the widespread hedonism in so-called well-off societies: life is celebrated as long as its pleasant, but tends to be no longer respected when it's sick or impaired," he said. The April 9-10 election, in which Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi faces a challenge by the center left led by former European Commission President Romano Prodi, will largely center on economic policies, but emotive issues such as abortion and gay marriage will also have an impact. (Emphasis Added) |
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