VATICAN: Pope compares abortion to a mafia-style killing

Pope Francis has compared having an abortion to hiring a “contract killer”. “Interrupting a pregnancy is like eliminating someone,” Francis said in his address to worshippers on Wednesday. “Getting rid of a human being is like resorting to a contract killer to solve a problem.” “Is it just to resort to a contract killer to […]

Pope Francis has compared having an abortion to hiring a “contract killer”.

“Interrupting a pregnancy is like eliminating someone,” Francis said in his address to worshippers on Wednesday. “Getting rid of a human being is like resorting to a contract killer to solve a problem.”

“Is it just to resort to a contract killer to solve a problem?” he asked, to which the crowd shouted: “no”.

“How can an act which terminates a budding life, innocent and defenceless, be therapeutic, civilized, or simply human?” Francis said in his weekly public audience.

The leader of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics also said parents should not reject sick children.