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By Patrick B. CraineWASHINGTON, D.C., November 17, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Archdiocese of Chicago’s Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) office has penned a letter decrying the recent criticism over CCHD’s funding practices.
Signed by Chicago director Rey Flores and other staff members, and published last Friday by Catholic columnist Matt C. Abbott, the letter accuses “certain groups” of having “motivations and objectives [that] are rooted in partisan politics, rather than faithfulness to Catholic teaching and concern for the poor.” These groups have made “erroneous and inflammatory statements,” they say, and their “anti-CCHD rhetoric has only become more fervent and hateful.”
“Those who are trying to destroy the [CCHD] deny the legitimate and pressing need for a faithful response to poverty in our communities,” the letter from CCHD Chicago continues. “We must not allow the deceitful cries of these detractors, whose partisan agendas supersede their faith, to weaken our commitment to living out the message of Christ and the ideals of Catholic Social Teaching.”
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Signed by Chicago director Rey Flores and other staff members, and published last Friday by Catholic columnist Matt C. Abbott, the letter accuses “certain groups” of having “motivations and objectives [that] are rooted in partisan politics, rather than faithfulness to Catholic teaching and concern for the poor.” These groups have made “erroneous and inflammatory statements,” they say, and their “anti-CCHD rhetoric has only become more fervent and hateful.”
“Those who are trying to destroy the [CCHD] deny the legitimate and pressing need for a faithful response to poverty in our communities,” the letter from CCHD Chicago continues. “We must not allow the deceitful cries of these detractors, whose partisan agendas supersede their faith, to weaken our commitment to living out the message of Christ and the ideals of Catholic Social Teaching.”
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