“The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn.”

— Pope John Paul II

homily of J-P II at Radom military base in Warsaw, Poland on June 4, 1991. Source: Unborn Word of the Day http://unbornwordoftheday.com/2007/07/13/jpii-revealed-heartfelt-pain-about-abortion-to-his-countrymen/

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264th Pope of the Catholic Church, saint 1920–2005

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