Two weeks ago, the Catholic bishops of the United States met in Louisville, KY for their annual plenary meeting. One of the topics for the meeting was the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), the official anti-poverty program of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). In April, the long-term executive director of the CCHD, Ralph McCloud, departed his post without explanation, and evidence of the financial failure of the program came to light.During the meeting, which took … [Read more...]
Ostara Initiative
NOTE: To download a PDF version of this report, please click here.Ostara Initiative2020-2021 grants list indicates that Ostara Initiative received a $65,000 grant. This is the second grant in 2 years, totaling $125,000, and there is reason to believe that Ostara has received a third grant, but we do not yet know for how much.We first reported on the Ostara Initiative in 2020, proving that they were advocating for abortion. In this report are recorded statements by the leaders of … [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...]
