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Find accurate definitions of over 5,000 Catholic terms and phrases (including abbreviations). Based on Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.

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CRANIOTOMY

Perforation of the skull of an unborn infant and removal of its contents. It is condemned by the Church as the direct killing of an innocent human being and is never justified.

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