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About Catholics Confront Global Poverty

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Other Global Poverty Issues

• Justice for Immigrants
• Catholic Coalition for Climate Change

Confront Poverty at Home

• Catholic Campaign for Human Development—PovertyUSA
• USCCB Office of Domestic Social Development
• Catholic Charities USA’s Campaign to Reduce Poverty in America

Upcoming Events:

July 8, 2009 - Webcast on "Natural Resource Extraction: Blessing or Curse? Insights from the Democratic Republic of Congo" Read more

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Be One in a Million—Join Us to Confront Global Poverty

"The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and Catholic Relief Services (CRS) call on one million Catholics in the United States to confront global poverty. Advocate with us to end hunger, disease, conflict, and other issues that affect the lives of our brothers and sisters worldwide."

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Photo credits: International Assistance - Sean Sprague for CRS; Peacekeeping – CRS Staff; Trade - Lane Hartill/CRS; Debt - Miranda Wattaht Ngwengi/CRS; Natural Resources – CRS Staff; Migration - David Snyder for CRS; Climate Change - Andrew McConnell for CRS.

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Email us at globalpoverty@usccb.org or globalpoverty@crs.org