FORGIVE ABORTIONS
By REUTERS and RAYMUND F. ANTONIO, Manila Bulletin
The Vatican Thursday granted priests the right to forgive the sin of abortion when hearing the confessions of hundreds of thousands of young people attending a Roman Catholic youth festival in Spain this week.The termination of pregnancy is a sin punishable by excommunication under Church law. The World Youth Day (WYD) pilgrims will attend a mass confession in the presence of Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday in a central Madrid park.
