Article: Abortion rift troubles Pax Christi.

Controversy over pro-choice speaker raises `seamless garment' questions

Liberal Catholics have often squared off against conservative Catholics over abortion. What makes a recent battle over abortion and free speech unusual, though, is that contenders are members of Pax Christi USA -- an organization associated with the Catholic left.

Last month, Pax Christi, the Erie, Pa.-based Catholic peace group, canceled its annual national assembly amid a storm of controversy over its keynote speaker, the Rev. James Lawson (NCR, July 13). Lawson, a retired United Methodist minister, is a civil rights activist and an outspoken pro-choice advocate.

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