"…her abortion should not preclude her cause, but intensifies it." John Cardinal O'Connor

Just found this article which I thought was interesting, because I have just received an email on Dorothy Day in relation to her abortion written by  someone from in Catholic Workers who spoke to her about it. I will be sharing some of that later.

In answer to the question proposed by the article, yes,I believe most can. Her humanness and conversion to Christ from her formal life style is something many Catholics can relate to. It also gives hope to those still caught up in a sinful ife style. We can all be forgiven by God…we are all sinners in need of God's mercy…

Here is the article, I will be posting some of the email later.

My Take: Catholics will accept a saint who had an abortion

Editor's Note: Stephen Prothero, a Boston University religion scholar and author of "God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions that Run the World," is a regular CNN Belief Blog contributor.

By Stephen Prothero, Special to CNN

Can Catholics abide a saint who had an abortion?

Dorothy Day, who died in 1980, was an anarchist, a pacifist, and the co-founder of the Catholic Worker, a movement devoted to helping the poor and the homeless. Described by historian David O’Brien as “the most influential, interesting, and significant figure” in U.S. Catholic history, Day is currently being considered for canonization in the Catholic Church.

Before her conversion to Catholicism in 1927, however, Day lived what the late Cardinal O’Connor of the Archdiocese of New York has referred to as "a life akin to that of the pre-converted Augustine of Hippo." That bohemian life included common-law marriage and an abortion.

read the rest here: http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/07/my-take-catholics-will-accept-a-saint-who-had-an-abortion/