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...]
Catholic-Funded Network Continues Shilling for Democrat Candidates
Dear Bishops and Bureaucrats of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops:Ten years ago, after being caught giving funding to groups promoting abortion, contraception and homosexuality, you promised a review and renewal.Now, ten years later, you are still funding groups promoting these grave moral evils and worse. Right now, you have grantees promoting open revolution, violence and the election of political candidates that promote wicked agendas.Ten years ago, you lied to us. … [Read more...]
Biden-Endorsing Network Funded by Catholic Bishops Pushes Abortion, Transgenderism, and Anti-Semitism
Last week, the Lepanto Institute published a report showing how the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), through the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), is funding a network of community organizers openly committed to helping Joe Biden get elected as the next president of the United States. The community organizing network, “Faith in Action” (formerly the PICO Network), has forty-nine affiliate members, twenty-nine of which received $1.5 million from pewsitting … [Read more...]
The ACTUAL Truth about the Catholic Campaign for Human Development
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) recently overhauled its website and in the process made some key updates. One interesting update concerns the Catholic Campaign for Human Development’s (CCHD) Truth About CCHD page. CCHD first published this page about ten years ago, and it contains various attempts to defend the abysmal granting record of the CCHD.The "Truth" page has been relatively static over the last ten years, but the updated edition does contain some new … [Read more...]
Heretical Priest Association Publishes Highly-Revealing Survey Results
The heretical organization of Catholic clergy which calls itself the Association of United States Catholic Priests (AUSCP) held its Annual Assembly online this past week, and since it was a virtual “pay-to-play” conference, the Lepanto Institute sat this one out. We’ve been exposing the heretical activities of the AUSCP as a subversive organization Hell-bent on perverting Church teaching on a number of levels. Here are a few of our most damning reports:AUSCP Officially Called for Women’s … [Read more...]