From Crux:
Belgium, Vatican in diplomatic row over pope’s language on abortion
ROME – Belgium’s Prime Minister has announced that he will summon the Vatican’s ambassador to protest remarks on abortion by Pope Francis at the close of a visit to the country last Sunday, which he claims constitute “unacceptable” interference in his country’s domestic affairs.
“It is absolutely unacceptable for a foreign head of state to make such statements about democratic decision-making in our country,” Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said Thursday during a session in Belgium’s Chamber of Deputies.
“We do not need lessons on how our parliamentarians democratically approve laws,” De Croo said. “Fortunately, the time when the church dictated laws in our country is long gone.”
De Croo had used his own meeting with Francis last Friday to publicly scold the pontiff for the church’s handling of clerical sexual abuse scandals, which have hit Belgium particularly hard.
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