Poverty is not an inevitable misfortune: it has causes that must be recognized and removed, in order to honor the dignity of many brothers and sisters, after the example of the Saints.
-- Pope Francis, October 15, 2017
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Learn about USCCB’s policy work on the following issue areas.
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Happening Now
Chart of International Poverty-Reducing Development and Humanitarian Accounts
USCCB and CRS, August 5, 2024
Letter to Congress on FY 2025 Agriculture Appropriations Legislation
Archbishop Borys Gudziak, Bishop A. Elias Zaidan, Ms. Kerry Alys Robinson, Mr. Sean Callahan, Mr. James Ennis, and Mr. John Berry, June 10, 2024
Letter to Congress Regarding the FY 2025 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations
Bishop A. Elias Zaidan, Bishop Mark J. Seitz and Mr. Sean Callahan, April 25, 2024