At the beginning of Lent, the Lepanto Institute published an article titled “Fighting Poverty by Eliminating Children,” spotlighting some of Catholic Relief Services’ more egregious grants and partnerships. In re-examining CRS’s dealings, it was necessary to re-visit the false rhetoric CRS has employed, attempting to justify what it is doing. Shortly after publishing this article, Archbishop Coakley, CRS’s chairman, sent a letter to all bishops in the country. In the opening line of this letter, … [Read more...]
Girl Scouts Committee Disbanded Over Relationship with Oxfam. What about CRS?
In a letter dated February 18, 2016 and addressed to priests, scout leaders and the lay faithful of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, Archbishop Carlson disbanded the Catholic Committee on Girl Scouts. The Girl Scouts had been under increasing scrutiny by Catholics over the years because of its intimate relationships with abortion and contraception providing organizations, such as Planned Parenthood. The website Girl Scouts, Why not? is full of information documenting the Girl Scouts' promotion of … [Read more...]
Fighting Poverty by Eliminating Children
Lent is here, and as we begin the season of penance, Catholic Relief Services is passing around paper rice bowls and asking for funds. But before you put even a single penny into the massive CRS coffers, consider the character of the organization itself. Sadly, even though CRS’s name begins with the word “Catholic,” it is all too willing to promote, work with and even participate in programs and organizations that believe the elimination of children is the best way to fight poverty.For … [Read more...]
Salesian Missions, CRS Defend Evil Program
Salesian Missions has called our reports a “malicious attack” that contain “absurd information.” One would not see from reading this statement that we tried to reach out to them six days before releasing our report to try to start a conversation about our findings before going public; and that all of the information presented – which we agree is absurd, or worse – was taken from their own and their partners’ documents. In fact, the Life Choices documents in question were removed from 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...]
