NOTE: The following information was provided to Catholic Relief Services in person in April, 2018. After three months of discussion on the matter, the Lepanto Institute was told that while Lepanto is convinced that CRS should withdraw from InterAction, CRS disagreed. On at least 4 occasions, Lepanto offered to include any rationale CRS could provide as to how CRS benefits from membership in InterAction, and how CRS could justify providing money it received from pew-sitting Catholics to an … [Read more...]
Live Report: AUSCP and Abp. Wester Playing Host for Heretics
The Lepanto Institute is currently on location at the Association of US Catholic Priests 2018 Assembly in Albuquerque. Just last week we reported on the AUSCP’s membership in an international coalition of heretical “church reform” organizations called the International Church Reform Network. Despite this, we are still astounded to see the brazen support the AUSCP is giving to members of this coalition. Organizations such as FutureChurch, DignityUSA and New Ways Ministry are currently … [Read more...]
Is Archbishop Wester Feeding his Flock to the Wolves?
The 2018 Association of U. S. Catholic Priests (AUSCP) annual assembly is being held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 25-28. This places the assembly in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, where Archbishop John Wester presides. As we reported previously, the AUSCP is a dissident organization pushing for ordained women deaconesses running priestless parishes among other abuses, so this couldn’t be an official diocesan sponsored event, right? Wrong. In June of 2016, Arcbhishop Wester agreed to … [Read more...]
Vatican’s Relief Agency Sits on Governing Body of Contraception-Promoting Organization
Caritas Internationalis, which is the Vatican-run confederation of Catholic international aid and development agencies, is on the board of directors of The Sphere Project, whose central purpose is to promote a standard handbook for aid and development work. The handbook strongly advocates for the use of contraception, including so-called “emergency” contraceptives for victims of rape. The Sphere Project says that it is: a voluntary initiative that brings a wide range of humanitarian … [Read more...]
Writer for Jesuit-Run “America” Magazine is Blaspheming Communist
America Magazine has long held a reputation for promoting hard left ideologies. Whether it was Franciscan Friar Daniel Horan’s June 26, 2015 celebration of same-sex “marriage,” or the blasphemous advertisement (image on the right) published in America’s December 2005 issue which depicted a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary enveloped in a condom, this Jesuit-run publication is constantly pushing the envelope against the Magisterial teachings of the Church. And yet, despite America Magazine’s … [Read more...]