Pope ends troubled Belgium visit by doubling down on abortion and women and praising abuse victims
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Pope Francis has doubled down on his traditional views on abortion and women during his in-flight news conference coming home from Belgium.

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis wrapped up a troubled visit to Belgium on Sunday by doubling down on his traditional views on women and abortion and demanding that Catholic bishops stop covering up for predator priests — a scandal that has devastated the church’s credibility around the globe.

Francis revisited the key thorny topics of his trip to Belgium during his in-flight press conference coming home, praising Belgium’s late King Baudouin as a “saint” for having abdicated for a day in 1990 rather than sign legislation legalizing abortion.

  • Blaubarschmann@feddit.orgEnglish
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    2 months ago

    He demands it, but doesn’t enforce it. So only empty words then. And he should keep his mouth shut about this anti-abortion crap