Cardinal Wary of Amnesty International's Move

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 Wary of Amnesty International's Move
Jun 24, 2006
Amnesty International will be discredited if it promotes abortion worldwide, says a Vatican official.

SINGAPORE, JUNE 22, 2006 (ZENIT.org).- Cardinal Renato Martino, president of the pontifical councils for Justice and Peace and for Migrants and Travelers, made that point in an interview with Reuters during a visit to Singapore.

London-based Amnesty International has begun consulting its 2 million members on whether it should drop its neutral stance on abortion and start pushing countries to repeal law that make abortion a crime.

"I have great esteem for Amnesty but doing this, they cut off their hands," Cardinal Martino said Wednesday. "I hope they don't do this because if they do, they are disqualified as defenders of human rights."

Sources present for that interview told ZENIT that the cardinal also stated that the embryo has to be regarded as a human person entitled to all the rights of any human being.

The cardinal is on a three-day visit to Singapore as part of celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the Southeast Asian city-state and the Holy See.

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