As you may know, Marquette University recognizes a campus chapter of Amnesty International as an official student organization. We have covered this issue before, and we return to it now because it is both informative and annoying to a few select readers and friends. For the first time an official arm of the Vatican weighs in on the question:
Last 5 posts by DanielCardinal Renato Martino, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace at the Vatican, called on Catholics to stop supporting the group.
“If in fact Amnesty International persists in this course of action, individuals and Catholic organizations must withdraw their support, because, in deciding to promote abortion rights, AI has betrayed its mission,” the National Catholic Register quoted him as saying.
Martino said the organization “has betrayed all of its faithful supporters throughout the years – both individuals and organizations, who have trusted AI for its integral mission of promoting and protecting human rights.”
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[...] hidden leftist agenda of AI again comes to light in this recent article, Vatican Calls for Catholics to Stop Supporting Amnesty Int’l. One need not be a Catholic to regard AI’s recent activities as a grotesque betrayal of the [...]