Thread: Left-Wing Radicalism in the Church: CCHD and ACORN

Left-Wing Radicalism in the Church: CCHD and ACORN
by Matthew Vadum

10/26/2009

It must have been a sad day at the offices of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) in Washington, D.C., last year when the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) announced that its temporary suspension of funding for the embattled radical group ACORN was being made permanent. Each November around Thanksgiving, every Roman Catholic parish takes up a collection for the non-profit campaign.

CCHD is the grant-making arm of USCCB, which acts on behalf of the nation’s Roman Catholic bishops, a group widely assumed to be conservative defenders of traditional morality. However, CCHD and ACORN share a left-wing ideology that puts a premium on aggressive community organizing.

Alinsky Roots

It is an error to think of CCHD as an ordinary charity. In fact, it is an extreme left-wing political organization whose ties stretch back to the “fatherâ€

It is sickening how these corrupt organizations find ways to steal money from the American people.

It certainly is.

I sure hope the money I gave to the Boy Scouts to send buttered popcorn to the troops is legit.

I actually feel kind of dumb having done that, because as it turns out they need for us to send a lot more than popcorn!!!



As each day goes by I feel more and more sad and concern for our troops. What's happening just isn't right.