Pope Francis applauds the political work done in Italy by Family Day, the Catholic organization that has been fighting for years against surrogate motherhood, abortion and end-of-life laws. This morning in the Vatican, the leader of Family Day, Massimo Galdolfini, was received who had the opportunity to deepen and develop with Bergoglio the issues related to the defense of life. At the end of the meeting, he summarized that half-hour conversation. «The Pope was very affectionate. He told me that in the speech he gave to the diplomatic corps a few days ago, he had explicitly talked about banning the practice of surrogate motherhood. I reported to him about our work in Italy and abroad to ban this shameful practice. Then I expressed my satisfaction because we successfully opposed the assisted suicide law in Veneto».
The outcome of the defeat of the end-of-life law, which was then rejected, did not catch him by surprise. «He was happy, he thanked me again». For next May, a large demonstration in Rome is in the works. «I asked the Pope for his consent and his blessing» Gandolfini added.
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In his speech to the ambassadors for the traditional exchange of New Year's greetings, Francis in a detailed intervention warned against the ideological drifts of the so-called new rights; he used harsh words against the gender ideology defined as «very dangerous» and urged the need to prohibit universally the «deplorable» practice of surrogate motherhood. Francis also recalled that there is no peace without respect for human life, starting from that of the unborn. An intervention that has again marked the centrality of the so-called non-negotiable values for Catholics engaged in politics in view of the next Europeans.
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