Pope Francis Quotes
Abortion isn't a lesser evil, it's a crime. Taking one life to save another, that's what the Mafia does. It's a crime. It's an absolute evil.
Citations
Pope Francis. "In-Flight Press Conference of His Holiness Pope Francis from Ciudad Juárez to Rome." Vatican.va, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 18 Feb. 2016.
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Pope Francis is the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State. Francis is the first pope to be a member of the Society of Jesus, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, and the first pope from outside Europe since Gregory III, a Syrian who reigned in the 8th century.