The Pope is still a pro-life Catholic — his comments explained

Published September 20, 2013 4:00am ET



In case you came away from the media’s coverage of Pope Francis’s lengthy interview concluding that the Catholic Church was about to become pro-choice, check out the Holy Father’s comments this morning: “Every child that isn’t born, but is unjustly condemned to be aborted, has the face of Jesus Christ, has the face of the Lord.”

This isn’t surprising stuff, unless you misinterpreted his comments published Thursday.

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