Catholic Campaign for Human Development

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Catholic Campaign for Human Development
Formation1969
Headquarters Washington, DC
Director
Ralph McCloud
Website https://www.usccb.org/committees/catholic-campaign-human-development

The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) is the national anti-poverty and social justice program of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)

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History

CCHD was begun in 1969 as the "National Catholic Crusade Against Poverty" by the Catholic bishops in the United States, in part as a response to Pope Paul VI's encyclical Populorum progressio ("The Progress of Peoples"). CCHD's mission is "to address the root causes of poverty in America through promotion and support of community-controlled self-help organizations and through transformative social justice, education, and solidarity between poor and non-poor". [1]

The Campaign had its origins in the 1960s with Chicago priest (and later Bishop) Michael Dempsey while serving as pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish on the West Side. [2] He served as the organization's first leader after his appointment as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese. [3] Future cardinal Joseph Bernardin also played a major role in its founding.

CCHD is supported by an annual collection in U.S. Catholic parishes, and individual donations. Allegations that some CCHD-funded organizations were promoting abortion, contraception and radical politics, and that the CCHD was a force of internal corruption within the USCCB [4] were addressed in 2010 with the Review and Renewal of CCHD, [5] which affirmed the core mission of CCHD and instituted controls to ensure that all CCHD-funded initiatives are consistent with Catholic mission and identity.[ citation needed ]

CCHD had revenues of $18.1 million for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017. [6]

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References

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