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- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
CAM:
800,000 Jews were accepted into Haiti by Duvalier. Duvalier insisted on a valid Baptismal certificate. Pope Pius XII gave them all valid Baptismal certificates to spare their lives without forcing any to become Catholic.
As children of the one God, Pius XII knew that these innocent children were implicitly baptized as they were begotten through procreation.
They each were free to pursue Sacramental Baptism in freedom.