Is the Pope pro-life?

Is the pope pro-life?

Is the pope Catholic?

At one time, the second question was a rhetorical retort meant to elicit a cheap laugh.

Currently, it’s a topic open for serious debate, sad to say.

So is Pope Francis specifically pro-life?  Well, I suppose so – if you come to that conclusion strictly by believing the following remarks (and similar remarks made occasionally in recent years) he gave to diplomats Jan. 8, as reported by the National Catholic Register:

I think primarily of innocent children discarded even before they are born, unwanted at times simply because they are ill or malformed or as a result of the selfishness of adults.

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