Since 2016, the Lepanto Institute has written about the congressional lobbying efforts of both the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and Catholic Relief Services (CRS). In May of 2016, we provided details regarding a joint-letter the USCCB and CRS sent to Congress requesting nearly $6 billion to be allocated for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). At the heart of our concern was the fact … [Read more...]
Catholic Relief Services Politicizes Advent
After Adam and Eve ate the fruit from the tree forbidden to them in the Garden, God promised to send a Savior through the seed of a virgin. “I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel.” (Genesis 3: 15). Fr. George Leo Haydock, in his commentary on Scripture explains the prophecy in this verse: “She shall crush": Ipsa, the woman; so divers of the fathers read this place, conformably to the Latin: … [Read more...]
