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Catholic Campaign for Human Development facing key test of support among US bishops

By Alliance Alert

Catholic Culture: "The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) is facing a critical test of support among the US bishops this week, CWN has learned . . . The CCHD was established by the US bishops in 1970 to attack the root causes of poverty in America . . . Last year . . . criticism reached a crescendo, as lay Catholic groups exposed CCHD funding for organizations that promote causes inimical to Catholic teaching, such as legal abortion and same-sex marriage. While the CCHD leadership said that such grants accounted for only a small percentage of the organization?s funding for self-help groups, several American bishops announced that they were withdrawing their dioceses from the nationwide campaign to support the CCHD."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on August 26, 2010 (boomark / email).