The Vatican has urged all Catholics to stop donating money to Amnesty International, accusing the human rights group of promoting abortion, BBC online reports Wednesday.
The Vatican also said it was suspending all financial aid to Amnesty over what it said was the group’s recent change of policy on the issue.
Amnesty says it does not take any position on whether abortion is right or wrong.
But it defended its new position in support of abortion for women when their health is in danger or human rights are violated, especially in cases of rape or incest.
The President of the Roman Catholic Churchs Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Cardinal Renato Martino, described abortion as “murder”.
– And to justify it selectively, in the event of rape, that is to define an innocent child in the belly of its mother as an enemy, as “something one can destroy”, the cardinal said.
