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* 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,” […]

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 […]

Friday February 5, 2010 CCHD Scandal Picks Up Steam as Bishops React By Patrick B. Craine and John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, D.C., February 5, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Various offices of the U.S. Bishops Conference (USCCB) have reacted to the two new reports issued by the Reform CCHD Now coalition (RCN) this week, but the reactions, claims RCN, have not addressed the core message of their reports. While RCN has offered evidence that 31 CCHD grantees are partnered with a pro-abortion and homosexualist group, the Center for Community (CCC), and that two USCCB officials have served on the same group’s board, the […]