Yes I didn’t mean to sound like I was singling out the Catholics, I usually point out that most of the major religions are involved- for that I apologize. I am really tired this evening, so was posting poorly.
This started with President Bush (Jr) wanting to replace some of the government spending with faith based charities. I don’t know if it evolved into paying for the charity work under him or later. It gives the government cover though- if they are asked who is taking care of XYZ the response is faith based charities- or they name the charity involved. They do not say it is a contract and they are paid...leading we the people to believe services are not paid for by we the people- when we are paying.
This is an excellent point.