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Last updated, May 20, 2003
Selected press coverage about The “See Change” Campaign
(In reverse date order)
Le
moment est venu de changer le statut du Saint-Siege
AFP Paris, 14 mai 2003 |
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| Le Planning familial et des catholiques
favorables à la laïcité ont lancé, mercredi à Paris, une campagne
visant à changer le statut du Saint-Siège aux Nations unies, pour
réduire son influence sur la planification des naissances et la santé
des femmes, notamment dans les pays pauvres. |
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Sägen am Heiligen
Stuhl
Jelka Mayr-Singer
Frankfurter Rundschau (Germany), August 16, 2001
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| Der Rechtsstatus der römischen Kirche und
des Staates Vatikanstadt in internationalen Organisationen |
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Time
for UN to jettison Vatican?
Eamonn
McCann
Belfast
Telegraph (Northern Ireland), November 29, 2000
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| Is
it time for a "See-change" at the United Nations? A group of Dutch
Euro-MPs thinks so, and has launched a campaign for the removal of
the Vatican from the world body. |
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Italian maverick politician
urges abolition of Vatican state
Association France Presse
November 27, 2000
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| Maverick Italian politician Marco Pannella
on Monday called for the Vatican's more than 70-year-old status as
a separate country to be abolished as Catholicism was the only religion
to be granted a sovereign state. |
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Doorbreek machtspositie Vaticaan
Lousewies van der Laan (D66), Elly Plooij-van Gorsel (VVD) en Joke
Swiebel (PvdA)
Trouw (The Netherlands), November 18, 2000
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| De katholieke kerk is de enige godsdienst
die als staat vertegenwoordigd is in de wereldpolitiek. Via haar wereldwijde
netwerk van ambassadeurs en haar vertegenwoordiging in organisaties
als de VN, OVSE en WTO zit zij als enige levensbeschouwing aan de
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Dutch
MPs protest Vatican international voting rights over AIDS
Agence France Presse
November 18, 2000
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| THE HAGUE -- A group of Dutch
politicians launched a campaign on Saturday against the Vatican City
being represented as a state in the UN because it can block vital
decisions on women's rights and AIDS. |
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Women:
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back?
Katha Pollitt
The Nation, June 26, 2000
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| Five years ago, the United Nations'
Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing produced a remarkable
Declaration and Platform for Action. |
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Family
planning federation urges Vatican to change policy
Associated Press, June 23, 2000
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| An international family planning group
urged Pope John Paul II on Friday to ease the Roman Catholic church's
opposition to birth control and abortion. |
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Editorial:
Justice still eludes women
The Hindu (India), June 21, 2000
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| The growing role of the NGOs as watchdogs
of the U.N. process and of their own governments lends credibility
to events such as Beijing+5. |
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Vatican Role
at U.N. Questioned
Ellen Sung
Policy.com, June 9, 2000
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Five years after the landmark U.N. Women's Conference in Beijing,
China, a follow-up U.N. conference on women's issues
was held this week in New York.
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Playing
the Catholic Card
Adele M. Stan
IntellectualCapital.com, June 8, 2000
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| Ever since he was called on the carpet
for speaking in a noted anti-Catholic venue, Bob Jones University,
during the Republican primary, GOP presidential hopeful Gov. George
W. Bush has been scrambling to try to rebuild his image among America's
Roman Catholics. |
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Catholic
women activists protest Vatican's UN role
Deborah Zabarenko
Reuters, June 8, 2000
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| UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Aboard a
two-masted schooner sailing outside U.N. headquarters, Catholic activists
chanted and waved pennants Thursday to protest the Vatican's role
at a global meeting aimed at improving women's lives. |
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The
devil and the deep Holy See
Joanna Manning
The Globe and Mail (Canada), June 5, 2000
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| What gives the Vatican the right to
speak as a state opposed to equality for women, asks former nun Joanna
Manning |
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Vatican's
U.N. role
The Charleston Gazette June 01, 2000
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| AS IF THERE already weren't enough
issues in the 2000 presidential campaign, another has been added:
the U.N. status of the Vatican. |
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Pro-Choice
Catholic Group Challenges Vatican at U.N.
Kevin Eckstrom
Religion News Service, June 2000
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| Frances Kissling is under no illusions
that her latest campaign will endear her to the Roman Catholic Church
hierarchy. |
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Group's
bid to strip Vatican's U.N. status comes under fire
Terence J. Kivlan
The Chronicle (Muskegon, Michigan) May 14, 2000
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| Don't tell Frances Kissling, the head
of Catholics for Free Choice, that she's anti-Catholic because she
wants to strip the Vatican of its member-state status in the United
Nations. |
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US-based
Catholic group, feminists oppose Vatican at UN
Agence France-Presse, March 15, 2000
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| UNITED NATIONS, March 14 (AFP) - A
US-based Catholic organization opposed to the Vatican's anti-abortion
stance and feminist groups on Tuesday demanded a review of the Holy
See's status as a non-member state at the United Nations. |
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NGOs
Call For Review of U.N. Status of Holy See
Mithre J. Sandrasagra
Inter Press Service, March 14, 2000
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| A coalition of over 450 women's and
human rights groups worldwide, led by Catholics For a Free Choice
(CFFC), have launched a campaign calling for a review of the Holy
See's status at the United Nations. |
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Press
Conference Sponsored By United States Mission
United Nations Press Briefing
United Nations, New York, March 14, 2000
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| The status of the Holy See as a Non-Member
State Permanent Observer at the United Nations should be reviewed,
representatives of Catholics for a Free Choice and other women's and
civil society groups urged at a Headquarters press conference this
morning. |
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Campaña
de las ONG para echar al Vaticano de la ONU
R. M. DE R
El País (Spain), Domingo, 13 febrero 2000
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| La iglesia católica, observador permanente
en Naciones Unidas, comienza a estar preocupada. |
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Le
Ong contro il Vaticano "Via la Santa Sede dall'Onu"
Francesca Caferri
CNN (Italy), February 8, 2000
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| CITTA' DEL VATICANO (CNN) -- "Via il Vaticano
dall'Onu". Con questo slogan un gruppo di organizzazioni non governative
(Ong) ha lanciato una campagna per chiedere a Kofi Annan di togliere
al Vaticano il suo status di osservatore permanente presso le Nazioni
Unite. |
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See-Sickness
at the United Nations
Judith Hayes
The Happy Heretic, November 1999 |
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| Remember when we were kids and had to memorize
all the states and their capitals? I can still recall the pride I
felt in accomplishing that feat. Jefferson City, Bismarck, Frankfort,
they were all there, tucked away in my memory, retrievable at a moment's
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Catholic Support
for the ICPD Programme of Action
Frances Kissling
Entre Nous, Summer/Autumn 1999
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| Five years ago in Cairo, the world's nations
came together at the United Nations' International Conference on Population
and Development to endorse a 20-year plan for dealing with those crucial
and complex issues. |
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Giving
The Vatican The Boot
Laura Flanders
Ms. Magazine, October/November 1999
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| Last June at the United Nations, delegates
gathered to draft a document for the General Assembly special session
on population and development. |
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The Vatican at
the United Nations: A Cause for Concern
Frances Kissling, President, Catholics for a Free Choice
Human Rights Tribune, September 1999
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| Usually, United Nations proceedings
are conducted in an atmosphere with enough diplomatic nicety to put
the most afflicted insomniac to sleep. |
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Women
and involvement of church in the UN
Dr. Maswoodur Rahman Prince
Independent (Bangladesh), September 3, 1999 |
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An international campaign
to challenge the Vatican's status at the United Nations was
launched by a coalition of women's religious and reproductive rights
and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in
March 1999. |
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Taking Aim at Holy
See: Group Wants UN to Limit its Credentials
Charles W. Bell
New York Daily News, September 4, 1999
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Even by the fragmented standards of the United Nations,
the Holy See and Switzerland make up an unusual bloc—they are the
only two entities that are nonmember states with permanent observer
status.
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Q: Is the U.N. women’s agenda
riding roughshod over religion?
Symposium with Diane Sabom and Frances Kissling
Insight On The News, September 6, 1999
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Yes: Newly minted women’s rights are squeezing
freedom of religion and conscience. |
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No: The agenda aligns with the teachings
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Catholics
bid to strip Vatican of statehood
Rupert Cornwell
Independent on Sunday (UK), August 29, 1999 |
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| When should the Vatican City
not be a state? According to Catholics for a Free Choice, the answer
is simple: when the Holy Church uses its diplomatic clout to block
international initiatives on birth control and family planning |
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Time
fast running out for the Vatican as a political power
TP O'Mahony
The Examiner (Cork, Ireland) August 21, 1999
TP O'Mahony on the political and social impact of the Catholic Church
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Lobby
Talk: Targeting Vatican’s U.N. Status
Ron Eckstein
Legal Times, Week of August 16, 1999 |
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| Reproductive rights groups have never had
to look very far to find adversaries: From local school boards to
state legislatures to congressional foes, there are plenty of forces
with which they are at odds at any given time. |
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Catholic
reformists lobby to rid Vatican of observer status at UN, end influence
Steven Edwards
National Post (Canada), August 12, 1999 |
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| Catholic reformists are calling on the
United Nations to rescind the Vatican status as an "observer"
state since it claims the Holy See is using the seat to block access
to contraception for women in developing countries. |
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Row
over birth control fuels attack on Vatican’s UN voice
Richard Reeves
Observer (UK), August 8, 1999 |
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| A furious row has broken out in the Catholic
Church over the Vatican’s nation status at the UN, with critics accusing
the Pope of using the seat to try to block access to contraception
for women in developing countries. |
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Cairo
+5: The Vatican at the United Nations
Frances Kissling
Conscience, Summer, 1999 |
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| When
the nations of the world came together five years ago at a United
Nations conference in Cairo, they forged what commentators everywhere
have called a "remarkable consensus" on population and development
issues. |
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La
Santa Sede ¡A Su Lugar!
Laura E. Asturias
Diario Siglo Veintiuno (Guatemala), July 10, 1999
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| Es innegable que el Vaticano, como
escribe José Joaquín Camacho en su artículo del sábado pasado, ha
jugado un papel importante a favor de la dignidad humana. |
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Women's Groups
Oppose Vatican on Family Planning
Paul
Lewis
New York Times, July 2, 1999 |
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| Frustrated
by the Vatican's efforts to thwart a plan to limit world population
growth, 126 women's organizations from around the world presented
an open letter to the Roman Catholic Church today at a conference
here. |
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Liberal Catholics
challenge Vatican's role at the UN
The Religion Report, Radio National, Australia
Presenter: John Cleary, June 16, 1999 |
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| The transcript of a discussion between Tony Hasssan,
ABC News, Australia and Frances Kissling, president of Catholics for
a Free Choice about The "See Change" Campaign. |
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Grupos
católicos denuncian el poder del Vaticano en la ONU
Francisco Cañizares
Diario 16 (Spain), June 12, 1999 |
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| La asociación Católicas por el Derecho
a Decidir cuestiona el estatus de la Iglesia, que utiliza para vetar
las políticas que contradicen su moral sexual. |
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A
Callous and Coercive Policy
Frances Kissling
Religion News Service, May 24, 1999 |
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| As if things were not grim enough for
Kosovar refugees, officials in the Roman Catholic church are now trying
to deny emergency contraception to women who have been raped in the
crisis. |
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Fury at
Pope's pill ban
Sarah Hall
and Philip Willan
Guardian (UK), May 13, 1999 |
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| The
Vatican came under fire from family planning groups yesterday for
claiming that offering the morning-after pill to raped Kosovan women
was tantamount to promoting abortion. |
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Women
want Vatican out of UN
Thalif Deen
Botswana Gazette, (Botswana, Africa) April 21, 1999
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| United Nations – An international coalition
of more than 70 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) has launched
a global campaign to oust the Vatican from the United Nations. |
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Pope
Pourri
Katha
Pollitt
Nation, April 19, 1999 |
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| Catholics
for a Free Choice, leading a coalition of more than seventy nongovernmental
organizations from around the world, is challenging the Vatican's
Non-Member State Permanent Observer status at the UN. |
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Canadians
join move to oust Vatican from UN International coalition
Christopher
Shulgan
Ottawa Citizen (Canada), April 19, 1999 |
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| A
growing number of Canadian Catholics are joining an international
coalition that aims to remove the Vatican from the United Nations,
in an effort to muffle the Pope's voice on women's reproductive issues. |
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At
U.N., Activists Vie With Vatican Over Abortion
Paul
Lewis
New York Times, April 4, 1999 |
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| In
a novel twist to the fight over legal abortion, an organization of
Roman Catholic activists has begun a drive to demote the diplomatic
status of the Vatican at the United Nations, though in reality it
only hopes to curb its lobbying style. |
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Nuevamente
El Vaticano: Impide avance en los temas de población
Crónica Azul, (Bolivia), No.
34, March-April, 1999 |
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| Nuevamente como hace cinco
años, El Vaticano y países conservadores intentan revertir
los acuerdos logrados en el terreno de población consensados
por más de 180 países en el pasado Foro Internacional
de La Haya, en el cual se revisaron los avances de la Conferencia
Internacional sobre Población y Desarrollo celebrada en 1994
en El Cairo, Egipto. |
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Campaign
to challenge Vatican's status at UN
Patsy McGarry
Irish Times (Ireland), March 25, 1999 |
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| An
international campaign to challenge the Vatican's status at the United
Nations, particularly UN conferences on population control, was opened
in New York yesterday. |
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The
Case Against The Vatican: Guilty as Charged
Frances Kissling
Free Inquiry, Spring 1999 |
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| In 1993, the year before
the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo
began, the Vatican campaigned with a vengeance against the consensus
taking shape around the United Nations conference. |
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