What are "bad" charities?

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what are the kinds of charities should Catholics not be participating/helping?

i know like gay and lesbian rights charities
artificial family planning/contraception charities (usually under the guise of women’s health)
abortion

how about PETA? not that preserving animal life is a bad thing, but sometimes i think the money that goes into caring for a sick dog can go into caring for a sick human being instead. if i have $10 to donate, would i rather give it to an animal shelter to buy cat food, or to an orphanage to buy baby formula?

what are other charities that Catholics should avoid?
 
No offence, but do you really want to be associated with an organisation that compares battery hens to men, women and children who were murdered in Nazi concentration camps?

If you want to donate for animal welfare, donate to an SPCA or animal shelter, not affliated with an organsation that supports on occasion, acts that are akin to terrorism.

I don’t think its wrong for you to donate to animal welfare groups, after all, God gave us stewardship of the earth.
 
The Salvation Army

They are not just a charity, they are a Protestant denomination.

To support them in any way, shape, form, or fashion is to support heresy and promote scandal.
 
dnu said:
The Salvation Army

They are not just a charity, they are a Protestant denomination.

To support them in any way, shape, form, or fashion is to support heresy and promote scandal.
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I stopped supporting them a few years ago back when they said that abortion was A-OH-KAY in some circumstances.
 
choy said:
what are the kinds of charities should Catholics not be participating/helping?

i know like gay and lesbian rights charities
artificial family planning/contraception charities (usually under the guise of women’s health)
abortion

how about PETA? not that preserving animal life is a bad thing, but sometimes i think the money that goes into caring for a sick dog can go into caring for a sick human being instead. if i have $10 to donate, would i rather give it to an animal shelter to buy cat food, or to an orphanage to buy baby formula?

what are other charities that Catholics should avoid?
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You could put it on the collection plate in an envelope and write on it ‘for charity’ (local or abroad, you choose). The church have knowledge of where God knows it’s needed most, they know of dire need that you have no notion of and they will already be in prayer over it. Then when they give it out it is a gift from God and serves His purpose alone. You are left with a certain knowledge that is has been a fruitful gift even if you don’t know where it has gone.

God bless
 
how about cancer research? what do you guys think? or how about Children’s Hospitals?
 
vera_dicere said:
No offence, but do you really want to be associated with an organisation that compares battery hens to men, women and children who were murdered in Nazi concentration camps?

If you want to donate for animal welfare, donate to an SPCA or animal shelter, not affliated with an organsation that supports on occasion, acts that are akin to terrorism.

I don’t think its wrong for you to donate to animal welfare groups, after all, God gave us stewardship of the earth.
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LOL, true

i actually hate PETA

well, being a good steward doesn’t mean we should take $10 to feed a hungry cat, when instead it can be put to better use feeding hungry people in third world countries

so with that regard, i’m not sure if as Catholics should focus our charitable energies into SPCAs. not that its bad, but there’s some greater good to be done somewhere else
 
choy said:
how about cancer research? what do you guys think? or how about Children’s Hospitals?
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A lot of cancer research charities are different. There was one down here that I gave money too for a whiel until I saw a thing on TV about their research involving embyronic stem cell lines being utilised in ESCR countries.

So obvioulsy charties that fund that sort of thing are illicit.

If you want to donate to a Child’s hospital, perhaps buy them some children’s DVDs or a DVD player or Playstation, children always need entertainment, especially when sick. Or maybe some nice books. I don’t tend to give fiscal givings to such places because who knows where the money is going or what it might end up funding.

Avoid soft toys though, as they can harbour bacteria and other nasties.
 
choy said:
LOL, true

so with that regard, i’m not sure if as Catholics should focus our charitable energies into SPCAs. not that its bad, but there’s some greater good to be done somewhere else
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Plus, I guess the other side of the coin, is that there are plenty of people donating to SPCAs so perhaps us Catholics should focus on our brothers and sisters around the world in poverty.

But it’ll have a flow on effect, people who are impoverished, usually the first thing to go from their budgets when they get really down trodden is their pets. (Well, the cases I’ve come across yes). So if poorer people are helped, then they won’t give their dog up to the SPCA or eat their cats.
 
For cancer research donations, I have read that Susan G. Komen for the Cure should not be supported as they have funded local Planned Parenthood operations.

It is recommended that those wishing to support cancer research instead support the American Cancer Society.
 
I despise PETA. They do NOT support animal welfare. Donate instead to local animal humane societies and rescues.

I donate both to pro-life and other Catholic charities, as well as to animal charities. The way I look at it, sometimes a pet is the only creature to show love to certain people. In a non-orthodox way, I think that God uses animals to give support to the marginalized, the elderly, the lonely, etc.
 
Catholics should not participate in or fund charities that support or fund:


  1. *]Abortion
    *]Gay “marriage” or gay civil unions
    *]Euthanasia
    *]Capital punishment
    *]And anything else that is contrary to Catholic moral teaching
 
I think PETA would be considered a bad charity. They often use pornography and public nudity. They also throw paint on people who wear fur. Last year, they managed to get a monastery to close down their egg and chicken production, which was their primary source of income.

Here are some other ideas.

National Right To Life or your state’s right to life group.
Your local Catholic hospital.
Catholic Relief Services
Local homeless shelter
Local family services group (check out what they support.)
 
rpp said:
I think PETA would be considered a bad charity. They often use pornography and public nudity. They also throw paint on people who wear fur. Last year, they managed to get a monastery to close down their egg and chicken production, which was their primary source of income.

Here are some other ideas.

National Right To Life or your state’s right to life group.
Your local Catholic hospital.
Catholic Relief Services
Local homeless shelter
Local family services group (check out what they support.)
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Wow. That is sad that they made a monastery close down their chicken and egg promotion, especially if it was there primary source of income. What does the monastery now do for income? 🤷:confused:
 
I don’t think there are “bad” charities other than those that oppose Church teachings. We are all called to help different causes. I don’t think it’s fair to judge that one person’s $10 to the SPCA could have been better spent another way. We could do that with anything. Maybe I think it’s more important to donate for clean water in Africa than to a children’s hospital in the U.S. or whatever. Everyone is called to give and help in different ways. St. Francis had a great love of animals - should we say he should have channelled all of his focus toward humans? Of course not. We all have causes that hit home for us and as long as they aren’t contrary to Church teachings, they all do some good in the world.
 
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I don’t think there are “bad” charities other than those that oppose Church teachings.
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We should also ask if they are competent, effective and are they spending money wisely?

Awhile ago there was some discussion in Public Media of a Catholic group whose sole mission was running a website that does apologetics and rates other Catholic sites for orthodoxy &c. So far, so good, but the “organisation” basically consisted of the founder and his son who are the highest-paid employees.
Sadly, this is not uncommon for charities of any stripe.
We are all called to help different causes. I don’t think it’s fair to judge that one person’s $10 to the SPCA could have been better spent another way. We could do that with anything. Maybe I think it’s more important to donate for clean water in Africa than to a children’s hospital in the U.S. or whatever.
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Amen!
Thank you. I do not donate to ASPCA because I’m not an animal person but I dread to think if nobody ever donated to them.
And should the money I donate to CA Radio go to Haiti or clean wells in Africa instead?
 
Holly3278 said:
Wow. That is sad that they made a monastery close down their chicken and egg promotion, especially if it was there primary source of income. What does the monastery now do for income? 🤷:confused:
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They are still trying to figure tat out. The last I heard was nearly a year ago. Whether they are still there, I do not know.
 
As far as animal organizations go; I think good stewardship would be a nice bullet rather than caging a destitute, tortured animal in an overcrowded facility that it will more than likely die in anyway. They aren’t human.

Matthew 6: Look at the birds in the sky; they do not sow or reap, they gather nothing into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are not you more important than they?

John 13: I give you a new commandment: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another.

This is why I disagree with animal shelters and animal charities. They should be homeless shelters instead.
 
OS - Do you have any idea of the variety of shelters across this country? Many have foster programs. Many animals are adopted out! And, there are tons of rescue groups that operate as well. I have a volunteer position “inside” the “community” doing pet transfers, being the VP/Sect of a purebred cat rescue, and have fostered as well. Your understanding seems very limited.

There are those who believe that all people should work towards eradicating abortion and nothing else until the issue is ‘fixed’, since life is supreme. Luckily, we have freedom to decide what to support.

I support other things, but also support animal charities.
 
Sheeniac said:
Your understanding seems very limited.

Luckily, we have freedom to decide what to support.

I support other things, but also support animal charities.
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My understanding is limited to that your $10 in donations goes towards dog food rather than soup that can give a roomful of people a meal? So be it.

We are lucky to have the freedom to decide what to support. Where did I suggest otherwise?

I do not support animal charities, you do. We can agree to disagree.
 
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