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  • Priest's benediction touches on abortion and gay rights

    07/30/2004 5:23:08 PM PDT · by narses · 23 replies · 650+ views
    Boston Globe ^ | July 30, 2004 | Michael Paulson
    As the Democratic Party nominated a Catholic for president for the first time since 1960, the Catholic priest who gave the final words at the convention alluded to the church's concern with the Democratic Party's support for abortion rights by calling on God to ''guide every citizen of our United States to cherish all life." The Rev. John B. Ardis spoke at the close of the convention, around 11:15, to a packed FleetCenter crowd that just seconds earlier had been dancing and shouting to celebrate Kerry's nomination. As the priest talked, his arms outstretched and palms facing upward, the nominees,...