Cardinal warns Amnesty International on abortion stance

Renato Raffaele Cardinal Martino

Function: President of Justice and Peace, Roman Curia

Title: Cardinal Deacon of St. Francis of Paola ai Monti

Birthdate: Nov 23, 1932	Country: Italy

Elevated: Oct 21, 2003	More information: www.catholic-hierarchy.org

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Cardinal warns Amnesty International on abortion stance
Jun 24, 2006
Cardinal Renato Martino has warned that Amnesty International will lose credibility if it undertakes a lobbying campaign in favor of legal abortion.

Jun. 21, 2006 (CWNews.com) - "I hope they don't do this, because if they do they are disqualified as defenders of human rights," the president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace told the Reuters news service.

Cardinal Martino, who is in Singapore for ceremonies marking the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Singapore and the Holy See, said that he has great respect for the work done by Amnesty International in the field of human rights. But he said that if the group abandons its neutrality on the abortion issue, it would undermine its own principles.

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