Author Archive, The American Independent

Catholic power dynamics exposed in Colorado funding flap

By | 04.18.12 | 4:16 pm

The political tug-of-war waging within the U.S. Catholic Church made headlines in Colorado this month when the church’s Campaign for Human Development threatened to pull tens of thousands of dollars in support from Durango-based immigrant-rights group Compañeros More….

Colorado immigrants caught in Catholic culture war

By | 04.16.12 | 9:55 am

Nicole Mosher, executive director of Durango-based nonprofit immigrant-aid organization Compañeros More…, is weighing how to keep her organization running effectively in light of the surprising news that the anti-poverty Catholic organization that supplies half of Companeros’ annual budget will likely end that support due to Compañeros’ indirect association with gay-rights