Reader's Forum October 2004

Readers' Forum -- the lively "Letters to the Editor" of the Adoremus Bulletin provides a forum for exchange of ideas, comment and information on the sacred liturgy -- but the letters column is not published online. [One letter from the October 2004 issue appears below.]

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The Vatican is conferring a papal knighthood on Julian Hunte, president of the United Nations' 58th General Assembly, a senator from Santa Lucia who in December 2003 cast the deciding vote to legalize abortion in the tiny Caribbean nation.

The news item about Julian Hunte receiving the papal knighthood, and his pro-abortion position, was not in error. We used several news sources, as indicated in our news note.

A story from the Santa Lucia Star included his comment about his pro-abortion vote: "'I think every woman must have a choice. I am a pro-choice man. A woman must be the one who will decide what she wants to do in any given situation. I respect the moral argument...'", etc. (http://www.stluciastar.com/weekend/friSept17-04/lead.htm)

You can access Mr. Hunte's acceptance speech (with a photo of Cardinal Sodano and Mr. Hunte) on the Santa Lucia government web site:

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