On March 6, the Lepanto Institute and the Population Research Institute published a 130-page report summarizing the findings of their joint, year-long investigation into projects that Catholic Relief Services was carrying out in three African countries. Prior to the publication of that report, Michael Hichborn and Steven Mosher, heads of their respective organizations, sent a cover-letter and the executive summary of the report to every bishop, archbishop, and cardinal heading a diocese in the … [Read more...]
REPORT: Catholic Relief Services, Government Funding, and Contraception
For over a year, the Lepanto Institute and Population Research Institute (PRI) conducted a joint investigation into Catholic Relief Services projects in three African countries: Cameroon, Zimbabwe and Lesotho. Through a combination of primary resource materials obtained from federal documents, Catholic Relief Services (CRS), and CRS project partners and sources, as well as information and materials obtained by a team of researchers in these three countries, Lepanto and PRI have concluded that … [Read more...]
Metaxas’ dream
"I dreamed that a river in Thessaly (into whose waters I had returned a golden fish) was coming to save me; I could hear it approaching over the red sand and the black rock ... " —The Immortal, a short story by Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) "... I fled Him, down the labyrinthine ways / Of my own mind; and in the mist of tears / I hid from Him ..." —The Hound From Heaven, by English poet Francis Thompson (1859–1907) _ _ _ Images are very important in dreams. Samuel Coleridge … [Read more...]
Catholic Relief Services Caught in Contraception Indoctrination Scheme
In at least four African countries, Catholic Relief Services is implementing portions of a project called Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-Free, Mentored, and Safe women (DREAMS). CRS’s implementation of the DREAMS project is separate from 4Children, but as an OVC project, there does tend to be some intersectionality where the projects overlap.The problem with CRS implementing the DREAMS project is that a large portion of it involves the promotion of contraception and condoms. The … [Read more...]
Catholic Relief Services Documents Promote Condom Use in Africa
The Lepanto Institute has just concluded a year-long investigation into a series of projects led by Catholic Relief Services (CRS). The result of this investigation is a report more than 100 pages in length with over 100 original source citations proving that CRS is both directly and indirectly promoting condoms and contraception in multiple African countries.Due to the length and complexity of the issue, we are releasing this report in segments in order to make the information more … [Read more...]
