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World Briefing | Europe: Vatican City: Cardinal Wants Catholics to Halt Aid to Rights Group

[NYT - Europe]

Cardinal Renato Martino, head of the Pontifical Council on Peace and Justice, said Roman Catholics should not contribute to the rights group Amnesty International because it had adopted a new policy calling for access to abortion services for women under certain circumstances. Amnesty reversed its longtime neutral stance on abortion in April and adopted a policy urging governments to ensure access to abortion services for women in cases of rape or incest or when pregnancy presented a risk to the woman’s life or health. A statement from the cardinal’s office said that the “inevitable consequence of this decision will be the suspension of any financing to Amnesty on the part of Catholic organizations and also individual Catholics.” Amnesty also issued a statement, saying it had never received any financing from the Vatican or from official Roman Catholic organizations.