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Says Christians Have Duty To Protest
ROME, Sept 18 (LSN.ca) - Writing in the Italian newspaper Avvenire, Cardinal Joseph
Ratzinger slammed the UN's proposals for a "New World Order" targeting for
special criticism the UN's goal of depopulation. He noted that the philosophy coming from
recent UN conferences and the Millennium Summit "proposes strategies to reduce the
number of guests at the table of humanity, so that the presumed happiness [we] have
attained will not be affected." He criticized this philosophy for "not being
concerned with the care of those who are no longer productive or who can no longer hope
for a determined quality of life."
Ratzinger is prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which is the
Vatican office responsible for protecting and promoting Catholic doctrine.
Ratzinger noted that "at the base of this New World Order" is the ideology of
"women's empowerment," which erroneously sees "the principal obstacles to
[a woman's] fulfillment [as] the family and maternity." The cardinal advised that
"at this stage of the development of the new image of the new world, Christians - and
not just them but in any case they even more than others - have the duty to protest."
For more see the Zenit News coverage at:
http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=7058
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