The Nation - News from Feb. 3, 1986
Defenders of a group of Roman Catholic nuns who have been under fire from the Vatican for signing an abortion-related ad in 1984 said that they will publish a new statement next month declaring solidarity with the nuns. “It was a difficult decision for the committee, but we are deeply concerned by the growing repression of dissent in the church,” Frances Kissling, executive director of Catholics for a Free Choice, said in Washington.
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