NOTE: Action item at the end of the article!!!Over the weekend, the Lepanto Institute received a letter from Bishop Timothy Senior, current chairman of the subcommittee for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), slamming the door on any discussion regarding serious concerns related to CCHD grantees while refusing to publish the most recent grants list. Despite the CCHD's vigorous commitment to "operate at the highest levels of ... transparency," this letter from the CCHD's … [Read more...]
AUSCP to Host Same-Sex “Married” Marymount University Professor of Theology
The Association of US Catholic Priests (AUSCP) has replaced a keynote speaker at its 12th Annual Assembly (taking place June 12-15 at the University of San Diego) with a university Theology professor who claims to be “married” to another man. Cardinal Louis Tagle had to cancel his participation in the Assembly because he had been appointed by Pope Francis as his Special Envoy to the National Eucharistic Congress of the Democratic Republic of the Congo at a time that made his presence … [Read more...]
CLAIM: Abp. Hebda Dispatched Bp. Pates to Greet Heretical Priest Assembly
The heretical priest organization, the Association of United States Catholic Priests (AUSCP), recently concluded its annual assembly from June 21-24 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. On May 24, the Lepanto Institute sent a letter to Archbishop Bernard Hebda of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis asking him to publicly condemn the AUSCP for its heretical positions and forbid the priests from his archdiocese from being involved with the Association in any way. Included with the letter were … [Read more...]
US Catholic Bishops Participate in Conference Promoting Same-Sex “Marriage”
CORRECTION: Bp. William Wack, provided a video presentation to the AUSCP Assembly, but did not attend in person. In a statement he issued today, Bp. Wack indicated that in his presentation: "There was no mention of same-sex marriage or anything contrary to Church teachings, that’s for sure. I hardly think that it is a scandal when a bishop talks to priests about holiness and the need to reform our lives." Bp. Wack also indicated that the rainbow blanket he donned for that picture was posted … [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...]
