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Pope Francis said the visit with women rescued from human trafficking and his visit to a neonatal ward were stands out in a Year of Mercy.

"The act of prescribing a fatal, poisonous dose, moreover, undermines the very heart of medicine."

"We were concerned about the levels of intolerance, of attitudes hardening, of attitudes of exclusion."