In rare letter to all Detroit parishioners, archbishop warns of 'extreme' Proposal 3
If controversial measure passes, Michigan would become 'ground zero' for abortions 'anywhere, at any time, by any person'
DETROIT — In a letter mailed to all registered parishioners in the Archdiocese of Detroit, Detroit Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron again pleaded with Catholics in the six-county archdiocese to reject an extreme ballot proposal on abortion slated for Michigan’s Nov. 8 election.
The nearly unprecedented letter — sent via U.S. mail to hundreds of thousands of Catholic households in southeast Michigan — began arriving in mailboxes the week of Oct. 24.-- More...
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