Recently, the Lepanto Institute detailed activities and memberships of three Nashville-based organizations funded by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) that violate both Catholic teaching and the CCHD’s own grant guidelines. We followed up with a second report, even worse than the first, detailing a CCHD grantee actively partnering with and promoting Planned Parenthood. We have yet to receive an official response regarding these reports.Further research shows that a FIFTH … [Read more...]
Catholic Bishops Finance Pro-Abortion Advocate and Partner of Planned Parenthood
NOTE: Due to the egregious nature of the CCHD's malfeasance and/or incompetence, we are asking EVERYONE to sign the petition asking bishops to withdraw from the CCHD and end it completely!Several days ago, the Lepanto Institute detailed activities and memberships of three Nashville-based organizations funded by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) that violate both Catholic teaching and the CCHD’s own grant guidelines. We have yet to receive an official response regarding … [Read more...]
Catholic-Funded Agencies in Nashville Caught Promoting Abortion, LGBT Activism
NOTE: At the end of this report, we provide an action item. Even if you don't read the entire report, please go to the action item at the end to contact your bishop about these outrageous grants.Every once in a while, a Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) funded organization receives public recognition and accolades for its work and its relationship with the Catholic Church. On February 1, 2021, the CCHD-funded Stand Up Nashville (SUN) received strong praise from the official … [Read more...]
US Catholic Agency Lies to Bishops About Network’s Partisan Political Activities
WASHINGTON, DC – Responding to an internal memo circulated among the Catholic bishops of the United States, the Lepanto Institute published a highly detailed video report exposing “bold lies” and “wild inaccuracies” contained in the memo.In October, the Lepanto Institute published a report showing that a network of organizations receiving funds from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), the official anti-poverty program of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops … [Read more...]
Catholic Bishops Fund Project Promoting Abortion Services in Women’s Prisons
Under the auspices of the Archdiocese of Minneapolis and St. Paul, the Ostara Initiative received its first ever grant from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), totaling $60,000.The stated goal of Ostara is “to end prison birth in America.” Initially called “Isis Rising,” the Ostara Initiative was founded in 2004 in order to address the “needs of pregnant and parenting women in prison.”Unfortunately, the Ostara Initiative considers access to abortion and contraception … [Read more...]
