Jubilee USA Network

Advocates seek debt relief so poor nations can better respond to pandemic
- May 15, 2020
Advocates for debt relief for the world’s poorest countries are calling on international policymakers to cancel debt payments and expand debt relief for developing nations to bolster health care and protect vulnerable people and workers during the coronavirus pandemic.

By Dennis Sadowski
‘Urgent action’ needed on debt relief for poor countries, expert says
- Apr 15, 2020
On Easter Sunday, Pope Francis issued a call for reduction if not the forgiveness of the debt burdening the balance sheets of the world’s poorest countries so that they can better tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Inés San Martín
Bishop, faith groups urge Trump to support debt relief for poor nations
- Apr 10, 2020
Two leading proponents of debt relief for developing countries urged the White House to lead the call for a moratorium on debt payments for poor nations so they can devote funds to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Catholic News Service

Pope’s direct experience of financial crisis informs views on economy, expert says
- Feb 5, 2020
Eric LeCompte, executive director of Jubilee USA Network, says when Pope Francis goes against “vulture funds,” and calls for a new economic model, it’s because he has first-hand experience of the financial crisis these institutions caused in his home country, Argentina.

By Inés San Martín

Activist says idea of ‘ecological sin’ boils down to, ‘We consume too much’
- Nov 4, 2019
The director of Jubilee USA Network wants the pope’s ecological and economic messages from the Amazon Synod to get more attention.

By Christopher White
In Caribbean, church agencies help as process of rebuilding begins
- Oct 23, 2017
Thousands of families in the Caribbean are relying on aid agencies for basic needs more than a month after hurricanes Irma and Maria ripped through the region, killing dozens and causing billions of dollars in damage. Bishop Robert Llanos said the role of the Catholic Church “is to find the most vulnerable, those overlooked by other organizations or the government, to ensure those individuals are receiving the help that they need.”

By Ezra Fieser
Puerto Rico’s archbishop asks Congress for relief over debt crisis
- Aug 3, 2017
Archbishop Roberto González Nieves of San Juan and Reverend Heriberto Martínez-Rivera, the Secretary General of Puerto Rico’s Bible Society, have written the U.S. Congress stating the territory’s economic crisis “continues to affect all of Puerto Rico’s people, in particular the poor and our children.”

By Crux Staff