Two weeks ago, the Catholic bishops of the United States met in Louisville, KY for their annual plenary meeting. One of the topics for the meeting was the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), the official anti-poverty program of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). In April, the long-term executive director of the CCHD, Ralph McCloud, departed his post without explanation, and evidence of the financial failure of the program came to light.During the meeting, which took … [Read more...]
Catholic-Funded Organization Prayed to Demons
Planting Justice (October 2025 Update) Back in 2023, the Lepanto Institute released a report covering how the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) was funding Planting Justice, an organization that prayed to demons, via the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD). Since the time of that initial report, it has come to our attention that the CCHD continued to fund Planting Justice for an additional year beyond what we originally covered, donating $25,000 during the 2022-23 … [Read more...]
