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<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2uWsAzQP7zx_4bAoFpyAV99XMzo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2uWsAzQP7zx_4bAoFpyAV99XMzo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2uWsAzQP7zx_4bAoFpyAV99XMzo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2uWsAzQP7zx_4bAoFpyAV99XMzo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Vatican City, Sep 2, 2010 / 09:16 pm (<a href="" target="_self">CNA/EWTN News</a>).- According to an Italian neonatal doctor, "pedophobia"—the fear of children—is an obstacle to the realization of the full rights of children today. In an article published in L'Osservatore Romano to mark the 20th anniversary of a U.N. convention for children's rights, he made a case for making children, born and unborn, more accepted in society.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/catholicnewsagency/dailynews/~4/S6Tzke-I4ts" height="1" width="1"/>