PRI Investigations

Catholic Relief Services: An Investigative Report

The Lepanto Institute and the Population Research Institute recently completed a field investigation of Catholic Relief Service’s projects in Cameroon, Zimbabwe, and Lesotho. We initiated the investigation out of concern that CRS had led the implementation of a PEPFAR program called “Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-Free,

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Forced Abortions in China Continue Despite Two-Child Policy

Many Westerners cheered when the Chinese Communist Party announced it was going to allow all Chinese couples a second child. They quite naturally assumed that this meant an across-the-board relaxation of a policy that had caused tremendous suffering among the Chinese people. I was not

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Investigation of Catholic Relief Services: Madagascar

Population Research Institute (PRI) conducted a month-long investigation in Madagascar of Catholic Relief Services (CRS), funding sources, and family planning activities. Click on the icon below to access the report. (The full report may take a few moments to load. Please be patient.)     Population Research

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Media Coverage of Catholic Relief Services Investigation

  Direct Coverage: Population Research Institute and Catholic Relief Services    7-25-2013: Population Research Institute Released the first briefing about our investigation in Madagascar: Catholic Relief Services Compromises Catholic Teaching, Promotes Population Control/Family Planning in Madagascar 7-25-2013: Population Research Institute released a press release about

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CRS Employees Recount Involvement in Family Planning: “It’s only the ‘Big Catholics’ Who Are Opposed to Contraception.”

In our month-long, on-the-ground investigation of Catholic Relief Services (CRS) activities in Madagascar, Population Research Institute (PRI) found that the organization was directly involved in the promotion and distribution of contraceptive and abortifacient drugs and devices in contravention of Church teaching. Said Steven Mosher, President

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Mexico File

Statement of “Maria Garcia” My Experience with an IUD Statement of Graciela Hilario de Rangel

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Mexico File

Statement of “Maria Garcia” My Experience with an IUD Statement of Graciela Hilario de Rangel

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