CCHD...Too Little, Too Late

The US Bishops need to shut down CCHD. It is nothing but a 'Catholic' version of ACORN and its culture of corruption. The fact that it has 'Catholic' in its title only makes it more of an embarrassment and a disgrace to the Church.

A watchdog group which discovered that the Catholic Campaign for Human Development has given grants to groups which support abortion and same-sex “marriage” has said it is pleased that the campaign has taken steps to defund at least two of the organizations.

Bellarmine Veritas Ministry (BVM), which describes itself as “a Catholic grass-roots organizing ministry dedicated to truth and action,” in August announced its effort to address some “troubling groups” funded by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD).

According to its website, the CCHD was founded by the U.S. Catholic bishops in 1970 to fund projects such as voter registration, community organizations, community-run schools, minority-owned cooperatives and credit unions, capital for industrial development and job training programs, and rural cooperatives. That sounds a LOT like the activities that ACORN is involved in.

The CCHD makes grants to organizations that work to eliminate the “root causes” of poverty and to enact “institutional change.” more ACORN language.

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