The annual national collection for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) is this weekend. What many Catholics do not realize is that at the very core of the CCHD is a philosophy of revolutionary leftist ideologies. Over the years, the CCHD has been rightly criticized for funding organizations that are themselves promoting contraception, homosexuality, abortion, prostitution, and socialism. But these issues are only symptoms of an overall thrust that is aimed directly at … [Read more...]
Salesian Missions Distributed Over 100,000 Condoms
Update: – A letter from the Human Sciences Research Council claims that the reported distribution of condoms in their report was the result of a data entry error. While we are hopeful that this claim is true, we reiterate that this could have been discussed prior to publication of our report had the Salesian Missions bothered to respond to our requested correspondence. A week ago, the Lepanto Institute published a report showing that the Salesian Missions received federal funding for the … [Read more...]
Salesian Missions Promote Masturbation, Contraception
The Lepanto Institute was recently asked by a supporter if the Salesian Missions was a "safe charity" to donate to. Not knowing the answer, Lepanto Institute conducted an investigation of the Salesian Missions' program called "Life Choices," and discovered that this program is quite similar to just about anything Planned Parenthood would publish. The program recommends masturbation, encourages condom use, employs emotionally dangerous "role-play" exercises, promotes contraception (including … [Read more...]
The Hijacking of Pope Francis’s Visit to America
For anyone paying attention to the Pope's first ever visit to the United States, it's painfully obvious that a concerted effort was in play to hijack the entire thing in order to push a homosexual, anti-Catholic agenda. While Pope Francis or the Vatican likely had very little, if anything, to do with the orchestrated attempts to inject sinister ideologies into the Pope's visit, there can be no doubt that in each case we're about to illustrate, someone knew exactly what they were … [Read more...]
Holy See Emphasizes Reservations on Sustainable Development Goals
Archbishop Auza, the Apostolic Nuncio for the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, issued a new statement to the United Nations, emphasizing the reservations the Catholic Church has with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). In the statement, the Archbishop clearly identified areas within the Sustainable Development Goals that will be used to promote abortion and birth control, and requested that these written reservations be entered into the official records of the … [Read more...]