Catholic Charities USA

Catholic agencies seek stimulus funding to meet expected surge in clients
- Mar 24, 2020
Several Catholic charitable agencies are among more than 200 nonprofits urging Congress to include $60 billion in aid to help them meet an expected surge in requests for services from unemployed people.

By Dennis Sadowski
Bishop urges Congress to show compassion, solidarity with refugees
- Feb 29, 2020
During a Feb. 27 congressional hearing about the status of the nation’s refugee program, Auxiliary Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville of Washington quoted someone who is not frequently mentioned on Capitol Hill: Pope Francis.

By Carol Zimmermann
Catholic agencies disappointed by court’s order limiting immigrant aid
- Jan 29, 2020
Catholic Charities USA and the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, known as CLINIC, expressed disappointment with the Supreme Court’s Jan. 27 order allowing the Trump administration to go forward with a new rule meant to limit immigrants’ use of government benefit programs.

By Carol Zimmermann

Campaign pushes plans to make affordable housing a national priority
- Jan 26, 2020
For years, Dominican Sister Donna Markham, president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, has said it’s a scandal that millions of American families are struggling to find a stable place to live.

By Dennis Sadowski
50 years since White House conference on food, hunger issues remain
- Nov 29, 2019
Fifty years ago, the White House sponsored a Dec. 2-4 conference on food, nutrition and health designed to set the groundwork for a national nutrition policy and to advise President Richard Nixon on the best ways to eliminate hunger and malnutrition in the United States.

By Carol Zimmermann
Catholic Charities program strives to ease chronic homelessness
- Nov 17, 2019
An experimental program to address chronic homelessness is guiding people into permanent housing while saving millions of dollars in health care costs, the president of Catholic Charities USA told the U.S. bishops.

By Dennis Sadowski