More on CRS

In my last post, I linked to an NCR report that stated scandalous claims involving CRS "don't appear to be holding up", and later commented

"I have left it to the individual reader to also do their own fact-finding and soul-searching. I've only stated that for me, personally, these types of issues seem to come up repeatedly, that my own financial resources are pretty limited, and that at this time I have made the decision to withhold participation."

Here's some more information from American Life League about CHANNEL, a piece of software developed by the United Nations Population Fund, touted as the most simple “contraceptive logistics management information system."

"With funding from Catholic Relief Services, 19 of 33 prefectures were equipped with solar energy sources, allowing UNFPA-supported CHANNEL software to be put into place for reproductive health supply management."

Read the whole thing here.

Again, this is simply my attempt to help keep others as informed as possible.

"Catholic" Relief Services??? "Catholic" Charities???

This won't be the first time I've blogged about Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA). I'm going to be as gentle as I can be with this (for me anyway).

CRS has been in the news again, and again it is because of allegations of activities which are "compromising" to the Catholic Faith. As in the past, CRS refutes the claims, and even the respected National Catholic Register (of EWTN) is supporting their defense.

You can read all of what I'm talking about here.

Once the government is done lining its pockets with our tax dollars, much of which goes towards things that are very contrary to the Catholic Faith, I think we have to be very careful with the few dollars we have left with which to donate.

Personally, I will not (I have not for quite a while) knowingly donate funds to CRS or CCUSA. These organizations have been involved in too many instances for me to feel comfortable with them.

So read up on the latest incident, but make sure you listen to the interview I link to below. It is an interview with Michael Hichborn of American Life League (ALL). Then you can decide for yourself.

Here's the link to the interview.