The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), the official anti-poverty program of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), formally states on the USCCB website that it “is committed to transparency and continues to publish a list of recent grantees online each year.” Despite this commitment, however, the CCHD has refused to publish its grants list for over two years. The Lepanto Institute has tried for over a year to contact CCHD officials, requesting publication of all … [Read more...]
The Modernist Mission of Bad Religious Art
The Vatican’s decision to adopt cartoonish, trivialized symbols, such as the blue-haired ‘Luce’ mascot, is a symptom of a disturbing shift within the Church. The current trend moving the Church away from Her treasury of glorious art to commercialized trinkets is a mere triviality to many, but the history of this move is darker than most realize.The age-old question of whether life imitates art, or art imitates life essentially asks whether it is the art which impacts society and shapes the … [Read more...]
Seven Organizations to Support for Hurricane Helene Relief Efforts
The disastrous effects of Hurricane Helene have not yet been fully realized. 202 men, women and children are confirmed dead while “hundreds” are still missing. Moody’s analytics says there may be $15-26 billion in property damage, and Accuweather says that the total damage and economic loss could be upwards of $110 billion.Catholic Charities is fundraising on the disaster, but many well-informed Catholics wish to avoid contributing to an organization committed to bring illegals into this … [Read more...]
Report: Political Donations by “Professional” Catholics Heavily Favor Democrats
In 2016, the Lepanto Institute conducted a review of political contributions from employees of Catholic Relief Services, finding that 98% of those employees contributed to pro-abortion candidates and causes.A new analysis of political campaign contributions, conducted by the Lepanto Institute and Complicit Clergy, updated and expanded this initial research to include individuals working for various other Catholic charitable institutions, namely Catholic Charities, Covenant House, St. Vincent … [Read more...]
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
What does celebrating, promoting, and supporting the open practice of sodomy have to do with helping kids fight childhood cancer? That’s the question donors need to be asking St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.St. Jude was founded in 1962 by the famous actor and comedian, Danny Thomas. A Maronite Catholic, Thomas had a great devotion to St. Jude Thaddeous and made a promise that if he became successful as an entertainer, he would erect a shrine to St. Jude. In the 1950’s, his wife … [Read more...]
