The bishops will be studying it THIS YEAR and supposedly give the money next year to primarily Catholic organizations and will closely study the others.
Reform the CCHD Now Coalition has reported that they do NOT recommend giving any money this year…the reform has been a sham.
This is old news and was reported the beginning of the year by a pro-life group. I think many of the big Catholic charities are now compromised. And be very careful of anything that contains the words “Justice and Peace” because these groups are usually politically motivated.I agree 100% Tiggs. And also, I used to give to the Salvation Army but their national organization approves abortion, so that’s out.Reform the CCHD Now Coalition has reported that they do NOT recommend giving any money this year…the reform has been a sham.
You might want to check out your donations to CRS. Over the years they had been our major charity but no longer. Not since we found out there is a connection between them and the Gates and Warren Buffet Foundations.
We are waiting to see if our bishop will allow the CCHD collection this year. If he does not allow it, we will give the money to our diocese. If they take up the collection as usual, of course we will not give, and neither will we donate to the Diocesan Ministry Fund. Sorry, but that’s the way it works. There are just too many suspicious and unanswered questions that deserve answers before we will help fund any more abortions because our bishops say they didn’t know what these groups were up to.
I wouldn’t give to the Salvation Army because they are a Protestant denomination and I don’t fund Protestants.
Yes they are, but they do give to poor people and Protestant’s are God’s children too! The only reason I am stopping is their national funding for abortion.
Red herring.
They are doing this to strengthen Catholic identity and need a theologian to do so? What exactly does this mean? Since they have been funding pro-abort groups for at least a decade probably longer, my trust by now, is in shreds.The USCCB just appointed a theologian for consulting with the CCHD office to strengthen Catholic identity (source). And he’s a good theologian, it appears.
We should be encourgaed that the bishops are addressing the issue seriously and taking these steps. Change may not happen overnight, but it is happening. Be of good cheer.
I do not know for sure what the theologian’s role will be. If I had to guess, it would be to make sure that the mission of the groups they are funding do not clash with Catholic teaching.They are doing this to strengthen Catholic identity and need a theologian to do so? What exactly does this mean? Since they have been funding pro-abort groups for at least a decade probably longer, my trust by now, is in shreds.
I’d also like to know if an answer was ever given to the question poised by InsideCatholic.com several months ago as to why the bishops paid $1,000 in dues to a civil rights group which lobbies Congress for abortions for the poor. Since the bishops are card-carrying members of that group this means they themselves are being represented as proponents of all the group hopes to achieve. I saved the link, but see it has been removed, and I don’t now remember the name. Does anyone remember and did we ever get an answer as to why? Perhaps their theologian will let us know.
I don’t much like the label, “Red.” (Altho I agree with what it is intended to imply.) The question is, how did the political arm get so powerful to the detriment of the faith?
Don’t you think that’s a bit extreme? That means you won’t be giving money to your local diocese, since they sometimes receive funds from the USCCB for various initiatives.
Yes, it is pretty extreme that I have to use the USCCB as a litmus test for charities to avoid. I’ll give to Peter’s Pence and my parish. Charitable giving I scrutinize closely.