1.   Scepticism is dogmatic when assent is withheld on the basis of prior conviction without considering the evidence.

2.   The Vatican withheld its assent to the conclusions of both previous population conferences.

3.   But the Holy See said for moral reasons it could never endorse abortion and said it withheld assent on the paragraph until other references to abortion had been discussed.

4.   The Holy See said for moral reasons it could never endorse abortion was withholding its assent on the paragraph until all other references to abortion had been discussed.