The SUBVERSIVE CATHOLIC CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT (CCHD)

The SUBVERSIVE CATHOLIC CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT (CCHD)

Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD)’s Visual Map

Embraces the leftwing ideology and tactics of the late Saul Alinsky

Was founded in 1969 as the charitable arm of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Identifies capitalism as the source of America’s “pervasive” poverty

Provides funding for the Industrial Areas Foundation, the Midwest Academy, People Improving Communities Through Organizing, and the Gamaliel Foundation

Was a longtime financial supporter of the community organization ACORN

Helped Barack Obama when he was a young community organizer during the 1980s

Inspired by the leftwing ideology and the community-organizing tactics of Saul Alinsky, the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) was founded in 1969 as the charitable arm of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Asserting that the Campaign was created specifically to serve as a permanent source of funding for Alinsky’s Industrial Areas Foundation, Catholic writer Paul Likoudis describes CCHD as “a political mechanism bonding the American Church to the welfare state.” In its early days, CCHD was headed by the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, who sought to persuade pro-life Catholics to embrace a “consistent ethic of life” that included also support for pacifism and wealth redistribution…

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The SUBVERSIVE CATHOLIC CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT (CCHD)