ROME – Pope Francis held a private audience with Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock on Saturday, the Vatican Press Office reported.
Mr. Warnock is the senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. Said He deeply admires the Pope’s efforts to “put humanity at the center of public life, from tackling poverty and hunger to combating the climate crisis and promoting peace.”
The 54-year-old senator, who has come under fire for using the Bible to justify the practice of abortion and for praising controversial pastor Jeremiah Wright, said: I would like to hear from you, “How do you use it?” It’s about building bridges amid the growing divisions in our society. ”
The national pro-life organization Susan B. Anthony List (SBA List) said in 2020 that Warnock’s extremism was “deeply disturbing.”
“Raphael Warnock has sought to use scripture to defend his extreme position of supporting abortion on demand, for any reason, up to the moment of birth,” the group said. “His extremism is deeply disturbing and falls far outside the American mainstream.”
Mr. Warnock, who had the support of a leading abortion organization, Planned Parenthood, publicly stated that abortion was consistent with his role as a “Christian minister.”
“Family Planning Southeast Advocates President and CEO Stacey Fox said: Said She said she was “thrilled” that Planned Parenthood Action Fund endorsed Warnock, calling him a “dedicated champion” of reproductive rights.
Pope Francis has sent mixed messages in his dealings with abortion supporters, despite his vocal criticism that abortion is murder and akin to hiring a hitman to remove a child. .
As an example, in February 2016, Francis praised abortion icon Emma Bonino as one of Italy’s “forgotten greats” and compared her to important historical figures such as Konrad Adenauer and Robert Schumann. did.one local newspaper published a headline suggesting that Bonino had been inducted into the “Papal Pantheon.”
By her own boast, Bonino performed more than 10,000 illegal abortions during her career and invented abortions. machine From a bicycle pump and a pickle jar. Bonino founded the Information Center on Sterilization and Abortion (CISA) and campaigned for abortion to be legalized in Italy in 1975.
Bonino is a disciple of George Soros. career He was an active member of parliament for the Radical Party and later became European Commissioner and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy. Throughout her career, she has pushed for mass immigration, European federalism, and the abolition of borders.
