-Caveat Lector- -----Original Message----- From: american <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: alt.religion.christian.roman-catholic,tnn.religion.catholic,alt.conspiracy,a lt.conspiracy.jfk Date: Friday, June 11, 1999 11:53 PM Subject: Re: Should the Vatican be ousted from the U.N.? - News In article <FuY73.4116$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Othmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If the Vatican is expelled from the UN, then UN should expelled from United > States soil(NY) > > Jim Carew sfo > > Which would prove once and for all that the U.S. is, in fact, controlled by pro-Vatican interests....Ratlines, CIA, Kennedy Assassination, Vietnam, Kosovo. > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > VATICAN CITY, JUN 10 (ZENIT).- On its web page > > > (http://news1.thdo.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/talking_point/newsid_341000/341786.a > sp), > > the BBC has launched a survey for response to the question: "Should the > > Vatican be ousted from the U.N.?" [Depending on your email software, > > part of the previous address may not be marked as a link. If not, you > > will have to copy the parts of the address into the Location bar on your > > browser with Cut and Paste or type it in by hand. There are no spaces in > > the address.] > > > > As the BBC itself notes, the proposal was initiated by organizations for > > population control. "Catholics for a Free Choice," an institution which > > is not recognized by the Church as it supports abortion, which is > > against Catholic teaching, invited some seventy NGOs with > > representatives at the U.N. to a meeting in early April to request that > > the Holy See no longer be allowed a Permanent Observer role at the U.N. > > > > With this objective in mind, 20,000 cards were distributed to the public > > to be sent to Kofi Annan, the secretary general, protesting the > > Vatican's presence. According to the campaign organizers, it is > > unacceptable that the Catholic Church should enjoy this privilege which > > is denied all other religions. > > > > As a Permanent Observer, a status it holds in common with Switzerland, > > the Vatican can participate and vote in U.N. International Conferences > > and take part in discussions of the General Assembly, but it may not > > vote on resolutions or political recommendations, nor does it provide > > military forces for U.N. interventions. > > > > "What privileges are they referring to?" Archbishop Renato Martino, > > Vatican Permanent Observer at the United Nations, asked the Italian > > daily "Avvenire" in its June 10 edition. "In fact, the Holy See has had > > both an active and passive right of legation since the 4th century. Its > > international juridical status is universally recognized. How can a seat > > at the U.N. be considered a privilege, when the Holy See has had stable > > diplomatic relations for centuries with a great number of countries?" > > > > The campaign, which in the beginning passed relatively unnoticed, found > > a growing echo when Bishop Elio Sgreccia, Vice-President of the > > Pontifical Academy for Life, revealed that the U.N. Population Fund was > > distributing abortifacient pills to Kosovar women in refugee camps. That > > campaign was strongly supported by institutions like the International > > Planned Parenthood Federation, the multinational dedicated to promoting > > abortion, and the U.N. Population Fund itself. It was at this point that > > the BBC survey got underway. > > > > At present the Holy See maintains diplomatic relations with 170 > > governments. If it were to be expelled from the U.N., all these > > countries would have to break relations with the Vatican, which is not > > objectively realistic. > > > > The campaign promoters have admitted to "Avvenire" that this is not > > their real objective. Rather, they are trying to "stop an organization" > > that constantly tries to block the U.N. in its initiatives. > > > > This objective is articulated clearly in the BBC's survey question: "Do > > you think the Vatican should be ousted for voicing its religious views > > on contraception?" Much of the response to the BBC poll has been in > > favor of the idea, and at times is fiercely anti-Catholic. > > > > The campaign is unfolding on the eve of the special session of the U.N. > > General Assembly, which will be held at the end of June in New York to > > examine the commitments adopted at the International Conference on > > Population and Development held in Cairo in September, 1994, known as > > the Cairo+5. Participants in the June meeting say there will be > > discussions on promotion of contraception and abortion among adolescents > > and an attempt to rank all types of unions as equivalent to matrimony. > > > > The campaign to expel the Vatican from the U.N. has been described by > > the Holy See's spokesman, Joaquin Navarro-Valls, in statements to > > "Avvenire," as "a clumsy attempt to silence the Catholic Church." > > ZE99061001 -- Novus Ordo Seclorum : The New Secular Order *********************************** Lloyd Miller, Research Director for A-albionic Research (POB 20273, Ferndale, MI 48220), a ruling class/conspiracy research resource for the entire political-ideological spectrum. Quarterly journal, book sales, rare/out-of-print searches, New Paradigms Discussion List, Weekly Up-date Lists & E-text Archive of research, intelligence, catalogs, & resources. 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