The Sec. State. A position that has had notable problems with the Pope in recent years.
http://www.zenit.org/en/articles/pope-francis-rallies-canadian-pro-lifers
Full text is often advertised for this - but curiously, never delivered. He has said this it seems:
Unfortunately, what is thrown away is not only food and dispensable objects, but often human beings themselves, who are discarded as unnecessary. For example, it is frightful even to think there are children, victims of abortion, who will never see the light of day, the pope said, according to excerpts released by the Vatican.
But? To say that "it is frightful to even think" that there are children, victims of abortion, technically this does not quite say that such a thing is true; it is merely "frightful to think."
Theology is based on continuous word games. Typically it uses linguistic ambiguity to try to speak out of both sides of its mouth. TO be sure the pope is seeming to support both proponents and opponents of Choice.