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Lithuanian families rally to save pro-life maternity home blessed by John Paul II

Lithuanian families rally to save pro-life maternity home blessed by John Paul II

Thursday, May 7, 2026

Lithuania's only consistently pro-life maternity home — once blessed by St. John Paul II — faces closure under a government merger plan opposed by more than 12,000 petitioners.

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