Who is King Baudouin? Meet the King of the Belgians Whom Pope Francis Wants to Canonize

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Oct 4, 2024 - 17:00
Who is King Baudouin? Meet the King of the Belgians Whom Pope Francis Wants to Canonize
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Photos of King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola. When abortion was first legalized in Belgium in 1990, King Baudouin chose to abdicate from his duties as king of the Belgians from April 3 to 5 in order not to sign the bill into law. When Baudouin died at the age of 63 in 1993, he had reigned continuously for 42 years except for those three days.

Pope John Paul II praised Baudouin in a 1995 general audience in which he said that 'he was a great guardian of the rights of the human conscience.'

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