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Pope Leo XIV has intervened for the first time in a heated abortion dispute within the US Catholic Church, questioning the very definition of what it means to be "pro-life."
The pontiff's remarks came after conservative US bishops objected to Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich's plan to honour Illinois Senator Dick Durbin with a lifetime achievement award.
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