Founded in 1974, Bread for the World describes itself as "a Christian advocacy organization urging U.S. decision makers to do all they can to pursue a world without hunger.” Its stated mission is “to educate and equip people to advocate for policies and programs that can help end hunger in the U.S. and around the world.” Effectively, Bread is an activist and lobbying organization that coordinates efforts to influence political policy.Unfortunately, our investigation of Bread for the World … [Read more...]
Report: Political Donations by “Professional” Catholics Heavily Favor Democrats
In 2016, the Lepanto Institute conducted a review of political contributions from employees of Catholic Relief Services, finding that 98% of those employees contributed to pro-abortion candidates and causes.A new analysis of political campaign contributions, conducted by the Lepanto Institute and Complicit Clergy, updated and expanded this initial research to include individuals working for various other Catholic charitable institutions, namely Catholic Charities, Covenant House, St. Vincent … [Read more...]
CanadaHelps
The Lepanto Institute has received numerous requests to investigate CanadaHelps, a prominent charitable organization in Canada. Founded by Aaron Pereira, Ryan Little and Matthew Choi in 1999, CanadaHelps describes itself as "the trusted charity, informing, inspiring, and connecting charities and donors with the causes they care about. We have facilitated over $2 billion in giving." While this appears commendable on the surface, our investigation reveals significant contradictions of Catholic … [Read more...]
CCHD Granted $65,000 to Org Supporting Witchcraft, Abortion, Transgenderism
On April 26 – less than a month ago – the Pillar reported that the executive director of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, Ralph McCloud, had resigned from the CCHD earlier that month. The Pillar revealed that under McCloud’s leadership, the CCHD maintained a spending deficit of $8-$10 million annually, depleting the nearly $60 million in assets it had accumulated by 2012.The Lepanto Institute has been exposing the CCHD’s funding of organizations promoting abortion, … [Read more...]
On the Question of Human Dignity
The word of the week is “Dignity.” Much ink has already been spilled over the Vatican’s new document, “Dignitas Infinita,” and I have no intention of rehashing the articles and arguments regarding it in this newsletter. But there is an essential aspect that needs to be discussed.Pro-lifers are satisfied with the document because it reaffirms the right to life of all preborn children and condemns euthanasia. The homosexualists are satisfied with the document because it affirms “that every … [Read more...]
