ROME (AP) — Pope Francis celebrated families Saturday and urged them to shun “selfish” decisions that are indifferent to life as he closed out a big Vatican rally a day after the U.S. Supreme Court ended constitutional protections for abortion. Francis didn’t refer to the ruling or explicitly mention abortion in his homily. But he used the buzzwords he has throughout his papacy about the need to defend families and to condemn a “culture of waste” that he believes is behind the societal acceptance of abortion. The Catholic Church holds that life begins at conception and must be protected and defended until natural death. The Vatican welcomed Friday's ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that provided constitutional protections for abortion in the U.S.

Source: Daily Sun June 26, 2022 00:44 UTC