Throughout his time, Pope Francis showed a firm position on issues such as abortion and “abdomen rental”, alternating between defending life and pastoral reception, and generating hot discussions inside and outside the Catholic Church.
In the year when the Pope became in 2013, Francis criticized what he called the “obsession” of the church with gay, abortion and contraceptive means.
In an interview with the Jesuit Chattonal magazine, on August 19 of that year, the ink stated that the church needs to find a balance between preserving the rules and the practice of mercy.
According to the magazine, the Pope said that the church “closed itself in small things, in Tats” and should not be keen to condemn others.
“Otherwise, even the ethical building of the church should fall like the castle of the messages,” Francisco Publishing said.
The words, which are progressive, were enthusiastic by liberal Catholics, but were born in the most conservative wing in the Vatican.
In January 2014, Francisco made a statement that was considered a reference to the conservatives, who often criticized him for not being convicted of abortion strongly like the previous popes.
“It is horrific to believe that there are children and victims of abortion who will not see daylight,” Francisco told Vatican diplomats.
Despite the firm condemnation of abortion, Francisco brought the pastoral approach and welcoming. In November 2016, the ink gave all priests the possibility of creating repentant believers who performed this practice.
Francis wrote in a document known as the “Apostolic Message” after the closure of the “Holy Year of the Church.”
The decision was considered an important step towards making the Catholic Church more comprehensive.
On January 28, 2019, during an interview with the return of the journey from Panama, Francis said: “In confession, I understood the drama of abortion.”
He added: “The women who have this pain I say: Your son is in heaven, they talk to him, they sing to him that Judaization cannot sing.”
In May 2019, the Pope said it was against the prenatal diagnosis, which was identified to determine any problems in the fetus. Repeat that human life is not violated.
The data occurred when he received participants at the “Yes to Life!”
According to Francisco, the culture of waste imposes the idea that fragile children contradict life, “governed by death.”
The Pope asked to avoid “volunteer abortion and abandoning many children with serious diseases.”
Francisco, “Fetal treatments” and “Hospices around the period surrounding the birth” () who get sudden results and families’ support: “There are” drug, surgical and unusual aid interventions. “
Francisco and legitimacy to abortion in Argentina
In 2021, Argentine, the country of Francisco, volunteer abortion, which reaches 14 weeks of pregnancy after the Senate The law passed in December 2020.
Before approval, the Pope responded to a message from a group of Argentine women who fight the right to abortion.
In the text, on November 22, 2020, Francisco repeats “the importance of protecting life from codifying abortion in Argentina,” according to the Vatican News Portal.
The message that Francis signed “Shukr from the Heart” for the group’s effort, unlike abortion and expressed their admiration for “their work and testimony”, as it encourages them to “move forward.”
In the sections issued by the Vatican News, the Pope says that Argentina “is proud of the presence of such women.”
Finally, the text of the ink also stated that “the problem of abortion is not essentially a matter of religion, but for human ethics, even before any religious recognition.”
In July 2022, Pope Francis commented on the US Supreme Court’s decision to overthrow the country’s abortion.
In an interview with Reuters, he said that respect for the court ruling, because he did not understand whether he was right or wrong from a legal point of view.
The ink added, however, saying that it is necessary to look at the question from the scientific point of view: “Flag today and any book of embryos, the writer who was studied by medical students, tells us that after 30 days of pregnancy, there is DNA and organ arrangement.”
Francis also added that “the moral question is whether it is right to take a human life to solve a problem. In fact, is it right to use a killer to solve a problem?”
On September 29, 2024, Francisco emphasized the situation on the topic. At a press conference on the return of a trip to Belgium, the ink said that doctors who suffer from miscarriage are “paid killers.”
Pope Francis said: “The woman has the right to life, their lives and the lives of their children. However, abortion is killing, if he kills a person and the doctors who do this, they allow me to word, Sicarias. One cannot discuss this topic.”
Francisco and visit the important activist
In November 2024, Francisco went to the Political Council Italian Emma Bonino, a famous activist in Italy for the successful campaign in the 1970s to give legitimacy to abortion in the country.
There are no details about the conversation between the two.
Pope Francis and Emma Bonino were always different from abortion, but they had the same view of peace and welcoming immigrants.
The two met on several occasions. The first meeting was on November 4, 2015, when the former Foreign Minister attended the public hearing on Wednesday in Sala Paulo VI.
At that time, Bonino provided initiatives for the benefit of refugee children to the “People Pace” (The People Factory, in the Portuguese language). In the same year, the Pope called the policy that he suffered from lung cancer to ask about his health conditions.
On November 8, 2016, Pope Bonino received a private audience at the Apostolic Palace. The Vatican Press Chamber stated at the time that “the conversation focused mainly on migrant flow issues, welcoming and integrating migrants,” the Vatican Press Chamber said at that time.
Specifically because of his work for immigrants, Francisco praised Parliament during an unofficial meeting in the Casa Marta Casa with Corre Della Serra Luciano Fontana, in 2016 as well.
Francisco said at the time that Emma Bonino “provided the best service to Italy to know Africa.”
A strict position against “abdominal rental”
Throughout Pontificate, Pope Francis made difficult situations regarding practice known as “rent rent”, when a woman accepts the birth of a child educated by another person or a couple.
In January 2024, the Pope He asked about the global ban on the leasing abdomenAnd he called for the practice of “Tarsop” and “severe violation.”
“I consider it unfortunate that I do the rent that is called the rent, which represents a serious violation of the dignity of women and children, based on the exploitation of the positions of the material needs of the mother,” Francisco said during a 45 -year -old speech to neglected diplomats.
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