USCCB, Catholic Charities call for ‘robust funding’ of federal housing programs
June 14, 2023
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CWN Editor's Note: “Robust investments in federal housing programs equip families and communities with the resources they need to thrive,” Archbishop Borys Gudziak (chairman of the US bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development) and Anthony Granado (VP of government relations for Catholic Charities USA) wrote in a June 13 letter to members of Congress.
“A just framework for future budgets cannot rely on disproportionate cuts in essential services to poor and other vulnerable persons. It requires shared sacrifice by all, including raising adequate revenues, eliminating unnecessary spending, and addressing the long-term costs of health insurance and retirement programs fairly,” they added.
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Posted by: Randal Mandock -
Jun. 14, 2023 6:22 PM ET USA
Why can't these entities call for Catholics to donate to Catholic "housing programs [that] equip families and communities with the resources they need to thrive". Oh yeah, I forgot. The Catholic Church is no longer into doing large-scale charitable works without the support of taxpayer money siphoned from us by the federal government. Cowardly is what I call it. Prior to government's usurpation of charitable donations that used to go to religious charities, the Church was THE good-works provider
