It takes the Holy Spirit to provide the discernment of wolves in sheep’s clothing Christ warned of, and “men secretly entered in” of apostolic warning. **
Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of the faithful and enkindle in us the fire of Your love. Send forth Your Spirit and we are created; and You shall renew the face of the Earth.**
Now, please!
Other suspect Catholic-derived monies disbursed, not in the millions, but by the billions, consists of the cash paid to victims of clerical sexual abuse estimated to be in the three billion dollar range over the last decade or two. Had there been oversight as to these tragically gag-order-contingent funds, i.e., hush money to buy silence, the avalanche of misery might have been avoided as trends would have been exposed to the light of day. Again, Jesus Christ warned us of wolves in sheep’s clothing. One may note the USCCB’s lay oversight committee consisted of such men as two pro-abortion Clinton-era Democrats. The CCHD funny money is on my boycott list. No can do. Disguising revolt against God with murky bureaucracies and mealy-mouthed bureaucrats is a non-starter with me. Buh-bye. Thanks, ALL!