Vatican: Don't Donate to UNICEF

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[Notwithstanding]

Just today I was in the room where the Vatican's permanent observer to the UN (Archbishop Renato R. Martino) stated that the Vatican cannot support UNICEF because it has chosen to reach beyond its legitimate mandate (to help the world's children) and now gets mixed up in advocacy of population control, abortion, and even puts its logo on pornographic children's books that they call sex eduxation texts.

The archbishop (who has served in his post for 16 years) explained that in past years the Vatican has made a symbolic donation to UNICEF, which had always served to boost donations from Catholics worldwide - but there is no longer any such Vatican donation to UNICEF.

The archbishop did praise the UNICEF for its primary roll in ensuring that 80% of the world's kids have been innoculated against many deadly dieseases - but that was in the past, and today the Vatican cannot support UNICEF's advocacy of immoral policies.

[reformed_dem]

Good for them.

[Nora]

Ping.

[ThePoetsRaven]

I NEVER donate to those rats.

[Cagey]

I believe there are some schools that encourage kids to collect monies at Halloween for UNICEF.

UNICEF Another United Nations Boondoggle

[NeoCaveman]

Good for the Vatican

[RippleFire]

UN_List: For United Nations articles

[MissouriRepublican]

I informed my sister of UNICEF's true mission a few years ago.
My neice and nephew no longer carry the UNICEF change box trick or treating.

[Notwithstanding]

Catholic bump

[Alabama_Wild_Man]

...the Vatican cannot support UNICEF...

Score, to date:
The Pope 1
The UN -188

[Notwithstanding]

Tell that to UNICEF when they more or less beg the Vatican to change its position so that millions more Catholic donatios will flood in. I have won many sports bets having bet on the team that lost the game! Often the score does not tell the whole story.

[GVnana]

Bump for the Vatican. A reasoned government.

[Cruise Missile Diplomacy]

Way to go Vatican! Now if we can just get them and the American bishops to come out against pro-abortion "catholic" politicians.

[MoJo2001]

Wow!! Finally, something that I actually agree with the Vatican on!! AMEN!! Someone's waking up over there!!

[Mrs. P]

We used to get little boxes in Sunday School for our UNICEF collections, and then put them in the manger on Christmas Eve in church. I wonder if all that money went for such awful purposes back then (the 60's?)

I no longer go to that church, have left the denomination, as a matter of fact.

[passive1]

"even puts its logo on pornographic children's books that they call sex eduxation texts" can you provide more specifics about this?

[TheMole]

My school had those UNICEF boxes in the 60s. I don't think the propaganda and corruption was anywhere near as bad then. I think the corruption - in terms of diverting the money to the personal use of bureaucrats - really got going in the 70s. The move into promoting "population control" and abortion dates from the 80s, while the promotion of "sex education" and homosexuality didn't really get entrenched until the 90s. IOW, your childhood contributions probably did more good than harm, but it would be folly to give then anything today.

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[patent]

In relation to the UN there are probably a number of things you would agree with the Vatican on, as well as some you wouldn't. They have quite effectively fought the UN deathocracy for a number of years and slowed down (and every now and then stopped, albeit briefly) the abortion propaganda being forced on the third world.

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