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passed away this April, and in that time never retracted or amended what he said...i.e. "Therefore, there is a living human being, I do not say a person because this is debated, but a living human being.".

As to the claim that it was an "off the cuff" slip of the tongue...that's not true either, no more than his other comments regarding "....a living human being...". Clearly you don't want to invalidate that part of his comments, so just stop making stuff up...it ruins a reasoned discussion.

btw, just two days ago I posted a complete article from the website "Where Peter Is" that took issue with Francis' "Personhood" comment...which, btw, is an example of open Critical Thinking (see the link)...and found that Pope Francis wasn't the only Pontiff to hold and maintain that position....here (again) is the concluding paragraph from that article...
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What does all of this mean? Well, for one thing, it is clear that the Magisterium has acknowledged on multiple occasions that there is a debate about personhood. It is also clear that the Church has not always considered the life of a human person to begin at conception, nor has the Church definitively taught this. That said, the Church has always regarded abortion to be evil from the moment of conception. More recently, the Church has pushed back against the idea that “delayed personhood” is relevant to its position on the sanctity of human life from the moment of conception. It has taught instead that life, from the moment of conception should be treated and respected as a human person. Andin this, Pope Francis has always been in line with Catholic Tradition.
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Now, consider that Killing of another Person is also an 'Intrinsic Evil' in the eyes of the RCC...yet, the Catechism allows for the killing of other persons (who may indeed be totally innocent) in the case of "Just Wars" , but only under 'Certain Conditions/Circumstances', and after the use of "Prudential Judgement". We cannot ignore this fact, so let's discuss its relevance to a woman's right to make decisions regarding her ability to reproduce.


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