I’m glad I didn’t know the USCCB was giving money to those foul scumbags.
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Many “conservative” Catholics did know and have been protesting this for over 10 years. The reason for the sudden action by the bishops is the ACORN issue is now dangerous, it’s out in the open and recognized by everyone as bad. There still are a few hundred other organizations they need to stop funding.
I give no money to the Archdiocese, I would consider it immoral to do so, and have had very difficult and in depth conversations with my priest about fulfilling my duty to support the Church, and how I can do that without giving one dime to any Archdiocesan program.
What I do is instead of putting money in collection plate, a percentage of which goes to the bishop, I make “anonymous grants” directly to my parish for specific needs they have (painting the building, books for the children, new altar cloths, etc) and then give the rest of my charity budget to REAL and PURELY CATHOLIC organizations like Human Life International.
We need to stop the gravy train to the bishops, and maybe they will realize their Democratic base is shifting to the right a bit, and if they want the bucks to keep flowing, they had better shift right as well.
dsc,unfortuately oveer time they have given 7 million to them.