Join Dr. Alan Keyes, Dr. Deal Hudson, Hon. Bob Marshall, and many other prominent Catholics to call upon Congress to investigate Catholic Relief Services (CRS)!Today, we launched a White House Petition asking Congress to investigate CRS for violating the Mexico City Policy, and we're asking you to sign and forward this important petition to everyone you know!As you already know, we've been publishing portions of a report detailing what we found through a year-long investigation of CRS … [Read more...]
Catholic Relief Services Asks Congress to Fund Major Contraception-Pushing Agencies
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 … [Read more...]
Defund Planned Parenthood, but NOT with the current bill!
The text of the House Bill to defund Planned Parenthood, called the "Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2017," does absolutely nothing to defund Planned Parenthood. The bill is disastrously self-defeating and should not, in ANY way, be supported by pro-lifers.The bill is only 4 pages long and rather than simply defunding Planned Parenthood and leaving it at that, the bill includes so many exceptions that Planned Parenthood will, effectively, enjoy the federal funding that it is currently … [Read more...]
