Catholic Campaign for Human Development

Once again the Catholic Campaign for Human Development is under fire for its relationships with and support for organizations that work against the teachings of the Catholic Church on such issues as abortion and same sex marriage. This seems to come up every few years, indicating to me that the CCHD just can't help itself. As the domestic anti-poverty, social justice program of the U.S. Catholic bishops, CCHD tends to align itself with community organizing and other activist groups (e.g., ACORN), and many of these same groups also fall on the wrong side of most life issues. A coalition of pro-life organizations has asked the US Bishops to reform the CCHD requiring that it align itself only with those groups that support Catholic teaching. To read the full story, click here: A New Campaign to Reform the CCHD