Pope Francis to expand priests’ ability to forgive women who have had abortions and are ‘contrite,’ Vatican says

“It’s welcome that Francis is taking a different approach on the issue,” O’Brien said. “The fact that this guy would try to make an effort to say, on the issue of abortion, we can sit down together, it doesn’t change the injustice of the hierarchy’s position, but I think that’s profoundly important.”
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