Canada's Catholic International Aid Agency, Development and Peace, issued a press release last week emphasizing that its 7-page HIV/AIDS policy prohibits funding any programs that do not follow Catholic moral principles.
The release says the policy states “DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE follows the teaching of the Catholic Church, and it will not fund programs 'specifically designed to distribute condoms, nor will CCODP fund elements of broader programs which involve condom distribution.'”
The organization also says that it “will ensure that any project it funds on the subject of HIV/AIDS prevention will include information about the Church's teaching on marital fidelity and abstinence.”
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(This update courtesy of LifeSiteNews.com.)
