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catrose

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1. I'm truly amazed. The nuns I'm aware of are more likely to be like Sr Joan Chittister

Reply to Permanut (Original post)

Thu Aug 27, 2020, 07:13 PM

Aug 2020

who pointed out the difference between pro-life and pro-birth.

I'd say Jimmy Carter was very pro-life, and tried to act accordingly, while respecting the law of the land. He thought maybe if mothers had food, income, childcare, medical care, and that sort of thing, they might choose to bear a child rather than terminate the pregnancy. Crazy, huh?

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Sister Deirdre Byrne did a great disservice to the Catholic Church.. [View all] Permanut Aug 2020 OP

I'm truly amazed. The nuns I'm aware of are more likely to be like Sr Joan Chittister catrose Aug 2020 #1

Seems to me like a lot of speakers and guests are ill informed BigmanPigman Aug 2020 #2

I thought the Catholic Church had formally announced that abortion was one issue, but not the Karadeniz Aug 2020 #3