[Alex Murphy]

New rules issued by Pope Benedict XVI for the governance of Catholic charities will not prevent such charities from accepting government funding, so long as the funding does not entail conditions that conflict with church teaching, said [Msgr. Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso, secretary of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum] the second-highest official of the Vatican office in charge of applying the new legislation....

....One section of the letter forbids Catholic charities to "receive financial support from groups or institutions that pursue ends contrary to the church's teaching." Commenting on this, Msgr. Dal Toso said that the rule would not necessarily prevent such agencies from taking money from national or local governments that fund, promote or permit practices condemned by the church, such as abortion or contraception. Nevertheless, he added, "if there is a program that goes against the church's teaching, for example, programs promoting abortion, then we cannot accept funds for such a program or even accept funds with certain conditions that are contrary to the church's doctrine."

[michigancatholic]

And here is the roll-back on the motu proprio about charitable activity. Not only can they take government money, but they can hire non-Catholics. Ho hum.