SANTA CLARA, Cuba, Jan 22 (LSN) – On his first visit to Cuba, Pope John Paul II has spoken bluntly about the horror of abortion and frankly labeled it as a gross failure of Cuba’s communist system. In his homily at a Mass celebrated today, the pontiff denounced systems “which, under the guise of freedom and progress, promote or even defend an anti-birth mentality.”“Abortion … is always, in addition to being an abominable crime, a senseless impoverishment of the person and of society itself,” he said. Incredibly, the official Communist Party newspaper published much of what the pope has said. Further, the government is devoting hours of national television time to the papal events. The pope also denounced the removal of Catholic education and told listeners that the premarital sex, promiscuity and easy recourse to abortion characteristic of Cuba have “a profoundly negative impact on young people.”
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POPE DECRIES ABORTION IN CUBA
SANTA CLARA, Cuba, Jan 22 (LSN) – On his first visit to Cuba, Pope John Paul II has spoken bluntly about the horror of abortion and frankly labeled it as a gross failure of Cuba’s communist system. In his homily at a Mass celebrated today, the pontiff denounced systems “which, under the guise of freedom and progress, promote or even defend an anti-birth mentality.”“Abortion … is always, in addition to being an abominable crime, a senseless impoverishment of the person and of society itself,” he said. Incredibly, the official Communist Party newspaper published much of what the pope has said. […]
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