USCCB, Catholic Charities call for strengthened Child Tax Credit
January 15, 2024
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CWN Editor's Note: The bishops who chair four committees of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops have joined the president of Catholic Charities USA in calling for a strengthened Child Tax Credit.
The credit “should benefit the lowest-income families,” “should continue to include mixed-status families,” “should be available for the year before birth,” “should not undermine the building of families,” and “should not be offset by cutting programs that serve those most in need,” the signatories wrote in their letter to members of Congress.
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Posted by: Randal Mandock -
Jan. 15, 2024 7:25 PM ET USA
Imagine a world where the Catholic Church took care of the pitiful, the indigent, the marginalized, the excluded, and those on the peripheries. This is a long-gone world, superseded by the confiscatory tax state that cares not for the spiritual and aspirational needs of people, but more for corralling their vote. The Catholic Church would grow, instead of shrink, if she would return full bore to her corporal and spiritual missions of mercy. Make the Church more about service and less about cash.
