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Pope Francis refuses to call an unborn baby a 'person'
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Pope Francis refuses to call an unborn baby a 'person'

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Michael Haynes
Dec 02, 2022
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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has refused to call an unborn baby a person, stating that whilst “there is a living human being” inside the mother’s womb, he would nevertheless not refer to the “human being” as “a person, because this is debated.”

The 85-year-old Pontiff made the comments in an exclusive interview granted to dissident Jesuit-run America Maga…

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