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Article: CATHOLIC CHURCH REACHES OUT TO WOMEN WHO HAVE HAD ABORTIONS.(FRONT)
- Article from:
- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- April 7, 2000
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The Roman Catholic Church has begun a nationwide campaign urging women who have had abortions - and feel estranged from the faith - to undergo counseling and return to the fold.
Because the Vatican considers abortion the taking of a human life and a mortal sin, some women who have terminated a pregnancy feel unwelcome in church. The church's goal is to reassure these women and bring them back to Catholicism.
``Many people think that abortion is the unforgivable sin, and that they have severed their tie with the church forever. In fact it is the complete opposite,'' said Barbara Thorp, director of pro-life services for the Archdiocese of Boston. ``We want ...