[Question:]{.underline} Can the Church take donations from companies or individuals whose profit is derived from immoral activities?
[Answer:]{.underline} This is a question of prudence. Money itself does not have any moral value to it. It is consequently not in itself immoral to receive donations from drug companies or governmental organizations or humanitarians groups who promote immoral products, such as contraceptives, or immoral activities, for example in AIDS prevention.
However, it is generally extremely imprudent to do so. If such organizations make donations it is not out of charity, but out of a determined agenda. It is a pressure tactic and a way to exercise influence. The fact of accepting such a donation is generally interpreted as an approval and a compromise, and would lessen one’s ability to defend Catholic moral principles. However, there could be exceptions, for example when applying for governmental subsidies that are available to everyone and who acceptance does not imply a compromise of principle.
Answered by Father Peter Scott, SSPX.