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By Patrick B. Craine WASHINGTON, D.C., November 17, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The national office of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), the USCCB's domestic anti-poverty arm, has responded to the movement calling for their reform in a new document posted to their website on Friday.  At the same time, new evidence implicating several more CCHD grantees in activities contrary to Catholic teaching has been reported by the reform movement. The CCHD document, entitled “For the Record – The Truth about CCHD Funding,” seeks to convince Catholics of the organization's commitment to Catholic moral teaching and to assuage any misgivings […]

* Disclaimer: The linked items below or the websites at which they are located do not necessarily represent the views of LifeSiteNews.com. They are presented only for your information. Compiled by Steve Jalsevac US CCHD Controversy A New Catholic Church Abortion ScandalSecular liberal media outlets will not tell the story when the American bishops allow the donations of Catholics to be diverted to fund abortion-rights activism. Did the bishops know. If they didn’t know, why didn’t they pay more attention? Once they were told, why did they do nothing? Clergy and laity alike should demand an independent investigation to determine […]

 Re:Evidence Contradicts CCHD's Findings on Accused Pro-Abortion Partner Dear Lifesitenews, I just have to say that many people in the pews are aware of these issues with CCHD, because the problems have been obvious for years.  My form of protest is just this – I do not contribute to the CCHD collections.  I am happy to give to secular organizations to help the poor, and to the regular collections which support the Church, as is my duty.  There are, fortunately, many ways to spread God's mercy in the world without contributing to the forces propelling our nation towards socialism. Mrs. […]

* Disclaimer: The linked items below or the websites at which they are located do not necessarily represent the views of LifeSiteNews.com. They are presented only for your information. Compiled by Steve Jalsevac Richard Viguerie Writes to Catholic Laymen Regarding CCHDYou probably think you've never given money to ACORN and its allies. But if you've contributed to the annual November Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) appeal of the Catholic bishops, you've done just that. http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0904838.htm Arlington Bishop Decides to Continue CCHD Collection Bishop Paul Loverde of Arlington, Virginia, has acknowledged a lively debate about the direction of the Catholic […]

By Patrick B. Craine and Steve Jalsevac CHICAGO, Illinois, November 20, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Archdiocese of Chicago's Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) office, caught up in controversy following the publication last Friday of a strongly-worded letter against some of their critics, insists that they are taking the evidence against their grantees seriously, and are making concrete improvements to their organization, with the support of Chicago Archbishop and USCCB president Cardinal Francis George. Last Friday, Catholic columnist Matt C. Abbott published a letter signed by officials of the Archdiocese's Office for Peace and Justice, including CCHD program director Rey […]

Friday February 26, 2010 Seventh Bishop Won’t Take Up CCHD Collection By Patrick B. Craine GREEN BAY, Wisconsin, February 26, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bishop David Ricken from the Diocese of Green Bay has decided not to take up a collection for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) this year, reports the diocesan paper The Compass. Bishop Ricken is the seventh bishop confirmed thus far to have decided against taking up the collection for the national CCHD since the controversy over the organization erupted again this fall. “There have been some questions about programs that have received funding from CCHD,” […]