In at least four African countries, Catholic Relief Services is implementing portions of a project called Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-Free, Mentored, and Safe women (DREAMS). CRS’s implementation of the DREAMS project is separate from 4Children, but as an OVC project, there does tend to be some intersectionality where the projects overlap.The problem with CRS implementing the DREAMS project is that a large portion of it involves the promotion of contraception and condoms. The … [Read more...]
Catholic Relief Services Documents Promote Condom Use in Africa
The Lepanto Institute has just concluded a year-long investigation into a series of projects led by Catholic Relief Services (CRS). The result of this investigation is a report more than 100 pages in length with over 100 original source citations proving that CRS is both directly and indirectly promoting condoms and contraception in multiple African countries.Due to the length and complexity of the issue, we are releasing this report in segments in order to make the information more … [Read more...]
Catholic Relief Services Asks Congress to Fund Major Contraception-Pushing Agencies
Since 2016, the Lepanto Institute has written about the congressional lobbying efforts of both the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and Catholic Relief Services (CRS).In May of 2016, we provided details regarding a joint-letter the USCCB and CRS sent to Congress requesting nearly $6 billion to be allocated for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). At the heart of our concern was the … [Read more...]
US Bishop Conference Lobbies Congress to Fund Agency Funding Planned Parenthood
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and Catholic Relief Services (CRS) have once again written to Congress requesting “robust funding” for two agencies deeply committed to the promotion and distribution of contraception, one of which provides millions of dollars to Planned Parenthood.In a 1 December 2017 joint letter to the director for the Office of Management and Budget, and copied to all members of Congress, Archbishop Broglio, the USCCB’s chairman for the Committee on … [Read more...]
USCCB Confirms That Its Funding Request to Congress Includes Contraception and Condoms
On 2 May, the Lepanto Institute published an article titled, CRS: A Tale of Two Letters. In this article, the Lepanto Institute raised grave concerns over a joint letter signed by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and Catholic Relief Services (CRS), because the letter requested that Congress provide vast amounts of money to two agencies (USAID and PEPFAR) which are committed to the distribution of abortifacient contraception and condoms. What follows is an analysis of the responses … [Read more...]
