Increase security funding for houses of worship, USCCB committee chairman urges Congress
June 24, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: Citing a steady increase in hate crimes, the chairman of the US bishops’ Committee for Religious Liberty has asked congressional leaders to increase funding for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program from $454.5 million to “at least $500 million.”
The grants have helped “houses of worship to enhance security through improvements to infrastructure, funding for emergency planning and training, upgrading security systems, and some renovation projects,” said Bishop Kevin Rhoades of Fort Wayne—South Bend, Indiana. However, the current appropriation level “has proven to be inadequate, funding fewer than half of the applicants to the program.”
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Posted by: grateful1 -
Jun. 24, 2025 7:30 PM ET USA
The Bishops' letter doesn't even mention the dozens of hate crimes (arson, vandalism, theft, robbery) committed against Catholic churches, which often inexplicably refuse to prosecute. NSGP already gets almost $500 million from taxpayers annually (it's administered by FEMA, one of the worst managed & partisan agencies in the federal government), & it awards most of its grants to dubious "social justice" outfits like those that feed at the CHD trough. I hope the request is denied.
