Mexico Catholics focus on flock after abortion law
Mon Apr 30, 2007
By Catherine Bremer

MEXICO CITY (Reuters Life!) - The debate over a radical new law legalizing abortion in Mexico City may be the jolt that was needed to bring Catholic drifters back in line with the faith's values, a top Church spokesman said.

Pressure from the Catholic Church -- including a letter from Pope Benedict -- and a petition for a referendum failed to stop the Mexican capital's leftist-run assembly passing a law last week to allow abortion in the first three months of pregnancy.

But heated debate around the law may prompt Catholics in Mexico, the world's second-biggest Catholic nation, to consider the dangers of letting values slip, said Father Hugo Valdemar, spokesman for Mexico City's Catholic Archdiocese. the rest