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After the controversial overturning of Roe v. Wade in the United States, Pope Francis once again emphasized his opposition to abortion, saying that the abortion process is similar to "hiring a professional killer." The pope made the remarks during an interview with Reuters 90 Minutes at the Vatican on Saturday, although the article was not published until Monday morning. Just a week ago, The U.S. Supreme Court on June 24 overturned a 1973 ruling that originally established women’s rights to medical abortion across the country, but has now been lost.
Pope Francis was asked about the U.S. Supreme Court's decision but said he did not have enough information to speak about the decision from a legal perspective. Instead, he reiterated the Catholic Church's teaching that life begins at the moment of conception. According to reports, he once again compared abortion to "hiring a professional killer" and said, "I want to ask: Is it legal and correct to eliminate a person's life in order to solve a problem?"
This is no longer the first time for the Pope This is the first time this controversial comparison has been made. Back in May 2019, he spoke at a Vatican-sponsored anti-abortion conference and said, "Is it legal to give up a life to solve a problem? Is it legal to hire a professional killer to solve a problem?"
But he was also at the same event Says his opposition to abortion is not a religious issue but a human issue. Despite his fiery rhetoric condemning abortion, he has previously expressed sympathy for women who choose abortion, and he has made it easier for them to be absolved by Catholics of the sin of abortion.
Earlier this weekend, in an interview with Reuters, the pope was asked whether the United States should allow a Catholic politician who supports the right of others to choose abortion to receive Holy Communion. For example, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Nancy Pelosi) was banned from receiving Holy Communion in the church of her San Francisco diocese in May this year. When asked about this, the pope responded, "When the Church loses its pastoral character, when the bishop loses his pastoral character, it causes political problems. That's what I can say."
When Archbishop Salvatore Co When DiLeon publicly announced that the California Democrat would no longer be allowed to receive Holy Communion in San Francisco, he said the move was due to her stance on abortion and was "purely pastoral and not political." of".
In a letter shared with the public, Cordileone wrote, "After numerous attempts to speak with her (Pelosi) to help her understand the grave evil she is committing, she is causing After the scandal, and the danger to her own soul, I have decided that the time has come that I must publicly declare that unless she publicly denies her support of abortion 'rights' and acknowledges her in the penance sacrament Cooperate with this sin and receive absolution, otherwise I would not allow her to participate in Holy Communion.”
Pelosi, however, regularly receives Holy Communion at a parish in Washington, D.C., and last week she received Holy Communion at a papal Mass at the Vatican. meal. Moreover, in October 2021, Pelosi and the Pope met in the Vatican. No details of the meeting were disclosed, but Pelosi later described it as a "spiritual, personal and official honor."
A month before their meeting that year, The National Catholic Reporter asked Pope Francis how the church should respond to parishioners who support abortion rights. The Pope reportedly said he would "never" deny Holy Communion to anyone, "No, I have never refused Holy Communion to anyone, anyone! I don't know if anyone has come to me in this situation, but since I Since I was a priest, I have never refused them Holy Communion.”
Meanwhile, Pope Francis has also denied rumors that he plans to resign, laughing off suggestions that he is in poor health. However, he reiterated his stance that he may one day resign if he cannot run the church. When asked when that day would come, he responded, "We don't know, God knows."
