…The CCODP, a Caritas member organization, has come under fire from pro-life groups for supporting organizations that advocate the legalization of abortion, distribute contraceptives, and support homosexualist policies. Knight vigorously defended CCODP after such policies were exposed by LifeSiteNews in early 2009 in a letter sent to donors and obtained by LSN.

In addition, anonymous Vatican officials told LifeSiteNews last November in Rome that similar problems exist with Catholic international aid organizations sponsored by other national bishops’ conferences and that this was a disturbing and unacceptable trend.  LifeSiteNews was told that these bishops’ conferences were not conducting proper oversight over their international development and aid organizations resulting in the funding of groups whose objectives are in serious conflict with Catholic teaching….(Source)

I knew it. The corruption is all over the world.  In our research we stumbled across this social justice garbage everywhere.  And we smelled the same stench coming from Caritas but didn’t have anything to run with.

Just goes to show you, folks, we bloggers and small news organizations can have a big impact…even when the powerful interests in the Church (like Salt + Light for instance) were propping up the corruption.

A blog and keyboard can change the world.

Viva the internet!  Viva the Catholic blogosphere!

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