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African Cardinal: It’s ‘better to die of hunger’ than accept homosexuality

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Cardinal Polycarp Pengo of Tanzania has refused to welcome international aid programs that are linked with the promotion of homosexuality, insisting that “it is better to die of hunger than to receive aid and be compelled to do things that are contrary to God’s desire.” The German bishops' news website  Katholisch.de  and the  Catholic Information Service for Africa  have picked up on a November 30  blog entry  of the Eastern African Bishops' Conferences' Association  AMECA , according to which Cardinal Polycarp Pengo has asked the government of Tanzania not to accept aid from western states which give their aid on condition of their acceptance of homosexuality in his country. The November 30 AMECA blog entry states: “The Cardinal said that there are some threats from developed countries alleging that ‘they will stop support us if we are against homosexuality. It is better to die of hunger than to receive aid and be compelled to do things that ...