“That a foreign head of state makes such a statement about democratic decision-making in our country is absolutely unacceptable,” De Croo said during question time in Parliament, according to Belgian media.
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He said he prayed that the church would “bring clarity” to the problem and not manipulate the Gospel to “draw inauthentic conclusions that cause suffering and exclusion.”
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