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Michigan Bishop Withholds CCHD Funds

Thursday June 17, 2010 Michigan Bishop Withholds CCHD Funds By Patrick B. Craine GAYLORD, Michigan, June 17, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Another United States bishop is taking precautions in light of continuing allegations that the U.S. bishops’ domestic anti-poverty arm, the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), is funding groups that support abortion and other activities contrary to Catholic teaching. Bishop Bernard Hebda of Gaylord, Michigan has decided to delay sending funds to CCHD from the 2010 collection while the organization is under review, LifeSiteNews has learned. Candace Neff, communications director for the Gaylord diocese, emphasized that the bishop has not […]
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CCHD Responds to Reform Movement

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 […]
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NewsBytes - US CCHD Controversy, Religion

* 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 […]
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The Condom Tsunami; CCHD and “social justice”

This past weekend, the world witnessed the greatest and most damaging incident of Vatican media incompetence that has probably ever happened. It is hard to convey the story because it is so huge and it is not an easy one to explain. But we have done a bit Monday, with more to come. Phil Lawler, Director of CatholicCulture.org, is one of the more trustworthy and experienced commentators on Catholic controversies. Lawler lays the blame for what has happened largely on L’Osservatore Romano. In his article, “The Vatican newspaper has betrayed the Pope” Lawler bluntly states, “Yet again, Pope Benedict has […]
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Letters to the Editor - CCHD, Ban on Crucifixes

 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. […]
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Two More Bishops Cut CCHD Collection

By Patrick B. Craine WASHINGTON, D.C., April 27, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Two more U.S. bishops have discontinued their diocesan collection for the national fund of the U.S. Bishops' domestic anti-poverty arm, the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), LifeSiteNews (LSN) has learned. Bishop Joseph Adamec of Altoona-Johnstown decided to discontinue the CCHD collection in the fall of 2009, said Tony DeGol, the diocese's secretary for communications. “The bishop felt that we needed to do an annual special collection for Catholic Charities, so he decided to replace the Catholic Campaign for Human Development with the collection for Catholic Charities, that will […]
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Three More Bishops Look for CCHD Reform

By Patrick B. Craine WASHINGTON, D.C., November 25, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At least three U.S. bishops have called for reform of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), in addition to the five bishops (at last count) who chose not to take up the collection for the national organization this year. This episcopal response follows the controversy that erupted after it was discovered earlier this year that the CCHD was funding numerous organizations that have promoted or are promoting activities contrary to Church teaching, including abortion, contraception, and same-sex “marriage.” The Reform CCHD Now Coalition, which formed in response to […]
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Seventh Bishop Won't Take Up CCHD Collection

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,” […]
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LSN NewsBytes - Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD)

* 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 […]
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