The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) just released the 2017-2018 list of Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) grants and the Lepanto Institute has already started its investigation of grantees. The last disbursement of grant payments for this particular grants cycle was in February of 2018, so the publication of this list comes a full year after the CCHD had already fully-funded every organization on this list. The big question is, "What took so long?" After a … [Read more...]
Michael Hichborn: CCHD Offered Me a Grant, Hoped I would Stop Investigating Other Grantees
Yesterday, someone forwarded to the Lepanto Institute an email from Ralph McCloud, the Executive Director for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD). McCloud’s email was written to address recent concerns raised by the Lepanto Institute regarding CCHD grants. You can read McCloud’s email here.In typical fashion, McCloud never actually addressed any specific concerns, but stressed the CCHD’s procedure for allegedly ensuring a high standard of accountability. At the beginning of … [Read more...]
The Marxist Core of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development
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...]
The Church or the World?
Then Jesus approached and said to them, “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.” Matthew 28:18-20 The Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen very frequently noted that "If souls are not saved, nothing is saved." The entire mission of … [Read more...]
The Beautiful Lady without Mercy
Hanging in our living room is a copy of a painting by Sir Frank Dicksee called La Belle Dame sans Merci, which means “the beautiful lady without mercy.” This famous painting of an enchanted knight staring into the eyes of a beautiful maiden on horseback gives one pause when contemplating the modern world. While the painter’s intent may not have been to provide the symbolic message illustrated in this article, it’s nevertheless worth exploring.The painting, both in theme and in title, is … [Read more...]
