Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, 72

Posted: Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 5:07 pm

The president of the Pontifical Council for the Family, Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo died on Sunday at the age of 72.

… Cardinal Trujillo was among the most outspoken Vatican critics of the “culture of death.” He had repeatedly denounced abortion and same-sex marriage, condemned the exploitation of human embryos and the trend toward acceptance of euthanasia, and argued strenuously against the promotion of condom use as a means of curbing the spread of AIDS, Catholic World News reported. …

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