Catholic Church Told by UN Committee To Change Its Teaching
The UN-Committee on the Rights of the Child has asked the Vatican to change its teaching on abortion and homosexuality and on changing the interpretation of a bible verse. The Vatican has responded calling the requests of the UN Committee an interference with Church doctrine and a violation of religious freedom.
Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, permanent observer for the Holy See at the United Nations in Geneva, commented on the concluding observations: “...This Committee has not done a good service to the United Nations, seeking to introduce and request the Holy See to change its non-negotiable teaching! So, it is somewhat sad to see that the Committee has not grasped in depth the nature and functions of the Holy See ...“Read the entire speech of Archbishop Tomasi here: http://visnews-en.blogspot.hu/2014/02/archbishop-tomasi-holy-see-will-respond.html
Read the UN-committee observations here: http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CRC/Shared%20Documents/VAT/CRC_C_VAT_CO_2_16302_E.pdf
Press release of the Holy See: http://visnews-en.blogspot.hu/2014/02/press-release-on-observations-of-united.html
Vatican Representative on Vatican Radio: http://media01.radiovaticana.va/audiomp3/00412570.MP3
Summary by C-FAM: http://c-fam.org/en/issues/un-organizations/7707-vatican-blasts-un-committee-that-asks-church-to-change-teaching-on-abortion-and-homosexuality