The Holy See press office announced Jan. 5 that the newborns would be baptized instead in their home parishes.

Rival demonstrations have taken place at Planned Parenthood centres across America

Citing St Teresa, the Pope appealed for 'courageous educational action in favour of human life'

Pope Francis baptised 28 infants in the Sistine Chapel

Babies made from two women and one man have been approved by the UK's fertility regulator

New state regulations require the interment of the remains of all children who are lost through abortion or miscarriage at a healthcare facility

The trip to the babies' ward of Rome's San Giovanni Hospital was part of the Pope's Mercy Fridays activities

The faithful in America has embraced these memorials. Catholics in Britain should do the same