I am happily a paid subscriber to the Pillar, and I respect a lot of the reporting that you all do. But I have noticed a consistent theme in your posts about charity. That theme is basically the insinuation that Catholics should just give and not ever worry about how their money is spent by Catholic charities (intentionally lower case). This article seems to fall into that category. Catholics have every reason to be cautious about how and where their money is spent. This is not merely some ancillary or secondary "political" issue (as was suggested in the Friday email). It is very much a moral issue intrinsic to the act of charity itself.
For anyone that cares, the Lepanto Institute evaluates charities for their conformity with Catholic teaching, making all of their findings available in detail (https://lepantoin.org/charity-reports/).
I am happily a paid subscriber to the Pillar, and I respect a lot of the reporting that you all do. But I have noticed a consistent theme in your posts about charity. That theme is basically the insinuation that Catholics should just give and not ever worry about how their money is spent by Catholic charities (intentionally lower case). This article seems to fall into that category. Catholics have every reason to be cautious about how and where their money is spent. This is not merely some ancillary or secondary "political" issue (as was suggested in the Friday email). It is very much a moral issue intrinsic to the act of charity itself.
For anyone that cares, the Lepanto Institute evaluates charities for their conformity with Catholic teaching, making all of their findings available in detail (https://lepantoin.org/charity-reports/).
"Pimentel, who was named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people"
What Time Magazine has to say about who are the important people means zilch.
I would love to know if refugees and immigrants are coming to Christ and His Church through this charity! Thank you for the interview.
I very much concur with Daniel’s comments and concerns. Faithful Catholics simply should not be contributing monies to Catholic Charities
I very much concur with Daniel’s comments and concerns. Faithful Catholics simply should not be contributing monies to Catholic Charities