A truly timely topic for your consideration.
Ask and ye shall be rebuffed, to coin a phrase.
Save. Thanks for posting.
The whole "Campaign for Human Development," if I recall correctly, was somehow tied in with the Saul Alinsky organization ("If you want peace, work for justice"). That was a big mistake on the Bishops' part.
Anyone besides me remember their lefty TV commercials? I remember on in particular that admitted they were working for "social change."
Never give money to the Campaign for Human Development. This is a racket. The money should stay with Catholic families or go to scholarships for Catholic education. Let the Democrats, George Soros and Warren Buffett pick up the tab for ACORN and the CHD.
The problem of the Marxist light agenda (its unapologetic “liberation theology” in practice)of the CCHD is not limited to that group. Indeed, it is not an institutional problem possessed by the CCHD but rather of the USCCB. CCHD funded Alinskian radicals for decades and for a simple reason-—that is what the USCCB wanted. From its movie reviews run amock, to its lobbying for more government to fix every societal problem including centralized government health care and vocal opposition to welfare reform, to its left wing support for amnesty, to its secretive meetings with democrats on pulling out early from Iraq, the USCCB has used the CCHD intentionally to further its socialism agenda. The USCCB advocates every socialistic big government program lobbying its friends in the Democratic Party, and then can’t even join together to draft a forceful pro life stance prior to the election for fear it will insult those democrats on whom they depend to advocate their socialistic agenda.
Is it any wonder as to what is happening with the Catholics in this country that almost 50% could justify support for a candidate who espouses nationwide recognition of homosexual marriage, human cloning and Frankenstein like embryonic research, federally subsidized abortions and abortion as a condition of foreign aid, forced redistribution of wealth and private property, open borders, and a true hatred for the virtues of the American ideal. If you have any doubt about the USCCB domestic agenda, spend some time on their website for starters and simply do some research. Acquaint yourself with their agenda and with their Domestic Policy Director Kathy Sayers. So, when it comes time to pass the plate, ask yourself how much is going to the USCCB not just the CCHD (Casual Catholic Human Development).
Ask your bishop how much each diocese is taxed for this nonsense. And then, give to the true mission of the Church. Give to those pastoral groups fighting and striving to do real charity. Shop when giving your money, your love, your charity, to the Church mission to ensure you are doing just that. There are many worthy diocesan level needs. Turn away from what Pope Benedict called the “mythology” of hope that some wish to find in their politics and confuse as their religion.
Catholics officially filling abortion coffers. Who would’a thunk it?