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...]
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
What does celebrating, promoting, and supporting the open practice of sodomy have to do with helping kids fight childhood cancer? That’s the question donors need to be asking St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.St. Jude was founded in 1962 by the famous actor and comedian, Danny Thomas. A Maronite Catholic, Thomas had a great devotion to St. Jude Thaddeous and made a promise that if he became successful as an entertainer, he would erect a shrine to St. Jude. In the 1950’s, his wife … [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...]
US Bishops’ Quid Pro Quo With Funding Agencies
Since 2016, the Lepanto Institute has written about the Quid Pro Quo lobbying efforts of both the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and Catholic Relief Services (CRS) on behalf of federal aid and development agencies.In May of 2016, we provided details regarding a joint-letter the USCCB and CRS sent to Congress requesting nearly $6 billion to be allocated for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief … [Read more...]
Abp. Wester Defends CRS Projects Promoting Masturbation, Contraception
On March 6, the Lepanto Institute and the Population Research Institute published a 130-page report summarizing the findings of their joint, year-long investigation into projects that Catholic Relief Services was carrying out in three African countries. Prior to the publication of that report, Michael Hichborn and Steven Mosher, heads of their respective organizations, sent a cover-letter and the executive summary of the report to every bishop, archbishop, and cardinal heading a diocese in the … [Read more...]
