{"id":4541,"date":"2011-07-21T17:50:51","date_gmt":"2011-07-21T21:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=4541"},"modified":"2011-07-21T17:00:41","modified_gmt":"2011-07-21T21:00:41","slug":"what-a-catholic-saint-who-had-an-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/07\/what-a-catholic-saint-who-had-an-abortion","title":{"rendered":"What? A Catholic saint who had an abortion?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is it possible that a social activist being considered for Catholic sainthood underwent an abortion?<\/p>\n<p>Yes, writes Kathleen Gilbert on the LifeSiteNews website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Catholic Church considers abortion to be murder of an innocent human being, and an unspeakable evil,\u201d she reports, \u201cand so some people might be surprised that a woman who is being seriously considered for sainthood also had an abortion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/on_the_front_lines_of_the_culture_wars\/2011\/07\/is-there-proof-this-candidate-for-catholic-sainthood-had-an-abortion.html#ixzz1ShUcGEYm\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE to read more:\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is it possible that a social activist being considered for Catholic sainthood underwent an abortion? 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