Pope Benedict: Rights to life, family, are "non-negotiable"

Sep. 08 (CWNews.com) - Pope Benedict XVI laid out some "non-negotiable principles" during a September 8 meeting with a new ambassador from Chile to the Holy See.

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"...mention must first be made of the right to life in all phases of its development and in whatever situation it may be; ... the right to form a family based on the bonds of love and faithfulness established in marriage between a man and a woman, something which must be protected and supported; ... and the primary right to educate children according to the ideals with which the parents want to enrich them." . . .

From the Vatican Information Service here.