Vatican troubled by President Obama’s abortion move
By Associated PressSunday, January 25, 2009
VATICAN CITY - Vatican officials said yesterday they were disappointed by President Barack Obama’s decision to end a ban on federal funding for international groups that perform abortions or provide information on them.
Monsignor Rino Fisichella, who heads the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life, said in an interview, “If this is one of President Obama’s first acts, I have to say, in all due respect, that we’re heading quickly toward disappointment.”
Obama signed an executive order that ended the ban on Friday.
“This deals a harsh blow not only to us Catholics but to all the people across the world who fight against the slaughter of innocents that is carried out with the abortion,” another official, Monsignor Elio Sgreccia, said.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
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