It was never a mortal sin for adopted children or their birth mothers to seek one another, Pope Francis has told survivors of institutional abuse.
During Saturday's meeting with the Coalition of Mother and Baby Home Survivors (CMABS), the pontiff moved to reassure both birth mothers and children who were adopted out by the Catholic Church that there was nothing sinful in trying to contact each other.
In fact, it appears the opposite was true, he alluded to in reference to the Fourth Commandment in the Bible to 'honour thy mother and father'.
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