BOMBSHELL: US Catholic Bishops Give $1 Million to Marxist Movement
“The very concept of CLTs emerged among self-identified socialists looking to remove land from speculative markets and promote collective ownership,” said Michael Hichborn, president of the Lepanto Institute. “Time and again, we found that these CLTs were founded by members of Socialist parties.”
The investigation highlights that, since its inception, the CCHD has had intimate involvement with Socialists and Socialist movements. Opening with a news report from 1980, the Lepanto Institute revealed that CCHD directors at that time participated in a conference led by Michael Harrington – the chairman of the National Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee. In the Conference, Harrington told CCHD directors that Karl Marx “had a profound respect for religion” before he urged a “union of religion and socialism.”
Key findings include:
Direct Financial Support: Over the past three years, the CCHD has granted more than one million dollars to 13 CLTs, including the San Francisco Community Land Trust, Baltimore Community Land Trust, Inland Equity Community Land Trust, and South Bay Community Land Trust.
Leadership with Marxist Affiliations: The report documents that leaders of these organizations, such as Tom Wetzel (San Francisco CLT), Nicole Fabricant (South Baltimore CLT), Anabel Nevarez (Inland Equity CLT), and Elizabeth Gonzalez (South Bay CLT), are openly affiliated with socialist or communist groups, including the Democratic Socialists of America and the League of Revolutionaries for a New America.
Promotion of Socialist Ideals: These CLTs publicly advocate for the transformation of economic structures, the redistribution of wealth, and the abolition of private property, aligning with Marxist and communist principles.
The following CLTs receiving CCHD grants have been flagged by the Lepanto Institute for involvement in Socialist organizations, the promotion of abortion, the promotion of LGBT ideologies, or some combination of all three.
South Bay Community Land Trust – $150,000 since 2021
San Francisco Community Land Trust – $50,000 in 2022
South Baltimore Community Land Trust – $170,000 since 2021
Inland Equity Community Land Trust – $75,000 since 2022
Beverly-Vermont Community Land Trust – $140,000 since 2021
City Roots Community land Trust – $225,000 since 2020
CommonSpace Community Land Trust – $80,000 since 2021
Raleigh Area Land Trust – $175,000 since 2020
Thurston Housing Land Trust – $80,000 since 2022
THRIVE Santa Ana – $295,000 since 2020
The CCHD’s ongoing financial support for these organizations reflects the words of St. Paul in the 3rd chapter of his epistle to the Philippians: “They are enemies of the Cross of Christ; Whose end is destruction; whose God is their belly; and whose glory is in their shame; who mind earthly things.”
More at: https://www.lepantoin.org/wp/clts/