Keyword: irenemontero https://freerepublic.com/tag/irenemontero/ en-us Tue, 9 Jun 2026 04:18:27 GMT Focus Forum 15 Pope Leo XIV calls on Spain’s parliament to reject abortion in historic speech https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/4382951/posts In the first papal address to Spanish lawmakers, Pope Leo XIV urged Spain’s political class to safeguard the “inviolable dignity of the human person” and reject abortion. “Every human life must be recognized and safeguarded from conception to its natural end, in every circumstance of its existence,” the pope said in Spanish. Pope Leo’s trip to Spain, the first papal visit in 15 years, comes at a tense moment for the socialist-led government and the Catholic Church. On the historic occasion, the American-born pontiff did not shy away from one of the Catholic Church’s most controversial positions. “Every truly just... News nation https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/4382951/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2026 04:18:27 GMT Spanish MEP Irene Montero calls the Pope the head of a "theocracy" and reproaches him for his attack on the right to abortion. Irene Montero accuses him of leading a "theocracy" that denies rights to women. https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/4382950/posts The Podemos MEP and former Minister of Equality, Irene Montero, has lashed out at Pope Leo XIV, whom she describes as "head of a theocracy," accusing him of attacking the right to abortion during his speech this Monday in the Congress of Deputies. In a video disseminated on her social media, Montero maintains that Leo XIV should not have had such an institutional "megaphone" to speak in the Lower House and attack "democratically won" rights such as euthanasia or the voluntary interruption of pregnancy. According to the Podemos leader, questioning the right to abortion means going against more than half... Democrata https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/4382950/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2026 04:14:44 GMT