In July of 1961 Peter Benenson founded Amnesty International. Peter had converted to Catholicism in 1958 which had helped his belief in the power of individuals to improve the world. Amnesty’s purpose was to fight for human rights for all people. Peter Benenson died in February of 2005 and within two years of his death the group he founded changed their position on abortion and subsequently lost favor with the Catholic Church.
I think this is a prime example of how a good organization can go bad. If the devil can’t beat you he’ll try and make you compromise the good that you do, do. Sure AI still does some great work in the campaign for human rights but now it chooses to ignore the rights of the most innocent. Any organization can lose its course when it follows the will of men verses the will of God.
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