Show Notes:

Bishops vote to ban gender transition treatments at Catholic hospitals - Aleteia

Bishop Joseph Strickland interjects at US Conference of Catholic Bishops - Catholic Herald — his subsequent statement can be found here.

Catholic Vote quotes the Catechism on immigration

More: Catholic Vote has provided a response to the bishops’ statement on immigration, emphasizing the nation’s duty to protect its own citizens: Immigration Enforcement and the Christian Conscience: The Receipts

EXCLUSIVE: I have obtained a copy of the Diocesan Synod Leaders’ meeting schedule for this year, not posted on their website as far as I can tell. Note that this is how the “synodal path” will be distributed to the dioceses and from thence to the parishes, by means of these meetings:

And what is Porticus, featured on this schedule? AI process content, hard to get a handle on, with one extremely rich sponsor, the Brenninkmeijer family of entrepreneurs, the philanthropic arm of which’s only substantive goals, if you can call them that, seem to be climate change and social action, and DEI.

Refugee Revenue: US Conference of Catholic Bishops’ $455 million in grant awards

Lepanto Institute on the latest Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) scandal: BOMBSHELL: US Catholic Bishops Give $1 Million to Marxist Movement

Lepanto research reports (see specific reports on CCHD awards)

Bait and Switch by Diogenes (Catholic Culture, from 2007)

The time is now for reform of the CCHD by Phil Lawler (from 2010)

CCHD lost $11.4M in 2023

Is it Time to Abolish the USCCB? by Leila Marie Lawler

Pope Leo supports the US bishops’ immigration position as stated in this video

Pew Report — 12th grade girls less likely than boys to say they want to marry

Phil’s novel! Ghost Runner makes a great Christmas gift!

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