[Sundaycommunity] Vatican perspective on cancellation of USAID: another perspective

[Arthur Blomme]

Hi all

I would be small of me not to include the perspective of Toronto's man 
in the Vatican, Mike Czerny  when talking about Trump's Cancellation of 
USAID.

I did not realize the significance of USAID in terms of some of the 
charitable programs it funds.

It is interesting that Czerny did not give a blanket condemnation of 
USAID thereby acknowledging the nefarious impact of how USAID programs 
are tied in with the promotion of its technocratic and imperialist agenda.

> Czerny acknowledged Francis has often complained about Western aid to 
> poor countries being saddled with conditions that may be incompatible 
> with Catholic doctrine, such as programs promoting gender ideology. 
> The Trump administration has said it is targeting these “woke” 
> programs 
> <https://apnews.com/article/usaid-funding-trump-musk-misinformation-c544a5fa1fe788da10ec714f462883d1> 
> in its USAID cuts.

In Laudato Si, Francis clarifies his concern about gender ideology. 
there is a problem when aid programs are tied to gender ideology.

>  “[humanity] too has a nature that they must respect and that they 
> cannot manipulate at will.”120 It is enough to recognize that our body 
> itself establishes us in a direct relationship with the environment 
> and with other living beings. The acceptance of our bodies as God’s 
> gift is vital for welcoming and accepting the entire world as a gift 
> from the Father and our common home, whereas thinking that we enjoy 
> absolute power over our own bodies turns, often subtly, into thinking 
> that we enjoy absolute power over creation. Learning to accept our 
> body, to care for it and to respect its fullest meaning, is an 
> essential element of any genuine human ecology.
The core of his criticism of Trump is the manor is which he has 
implemented his concerns.
> “If the government thinks that its programs have been distorted by 
> ideology, well, then they should reform the programs,” Czerny said. 
> “Many people would say that shutting down is not the best way to 
> reform them.”
Here is the link to the article in the Toronto Star.

https://www.thestar.com/news/world/europe/vatican-charity-says-trump-administrations-gutting-of-usaid-is-reckless-and-could-kill-millions/article_3a731010-b6c2-5d6c-8634-e1638765a874.html


Art
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.integralshift.ca/pipermail/sundaycommunity-integralshift.ca/attachments/20250211/03e706e2/attachment.htm>