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More than 500 people have asked to be debaptised after Pope Francis’s visit to Belgium in September in protest of his remarks on women’s rights and their role in society. In an open letter published on Wednesday calling for their debaptism, which marks a person’s public repudiation of Christianity, the 524 signatories criticized the pope’s comments on the role of women in society and abortion laws in Belgium. The Belgian news agency, Belga, reported that the pontiff described abortion legislation in the country as a “murderous law” and called doctors performing the procedure “hired killers” on…

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