While the U.S. bishops have maintained that abortion is their 'preeminent priority,' their actions tell a different story, according to the Lepanto Institute founder and president.
The average budget for the US bishops’ pro-life office is just around $2 million, compared to $134 million in 2023 for ‘migration and refugee services.’ Even worse, the USCCB is giving parishioners’ money to pro-abortion groups through its Catholic Campaign for Human Development and Catholic Relief Services.
The US bishops’ Catholic Campaign for Human Development has funneled millions of dollars to pro-abortion, pro-LGBT, and Marxist groups – and covered it up – for decades. Even now, the USCCB refuses to inform faithful Catholics of how its funds are being used.
The US bishops’ Catholic Campaign for Human Development has given millions of dollars to groups that openly violate Catholic teaching and promote abortion, homosexuality, transgenderism, contraception, and even demonic rituals.
The U.S. Catholic bishops most vocal in defense of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development have been admitting funding for groups which directly contradict Church teaching on human life and sexual ethics.
Dissident Archbishop John Wester of Santa Fe, New Mexico was vocal in his criticism of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops for making cuts to the Catholic Campaign for Human Development.