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“However we may pity the mother whose health and even life is imperiled by the performance of her natural duty, there yet remains no sufficient reason for condoning the direct murder of the innocent.” quote by Pope Pius XI — Download Open image

“However we may pity the mother whose health and even life is imperiled by the performance of her natural duty, there yet remains no sufficient reason for condoning the direct murder of the innocent.”

Pope Pius XI

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No vicarious charity can substitute for justice which is due as an obligation and is wrongfully denied.

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Christ's commandment to hear the Church . . . is binding on all men, in every period, and every country.

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