Thursday, September 01, 2011

USCCB, CRS urge advocacy for foreign poverty assistance


September 01, 2011

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and Catholic Relief Services are urging Catholics to prompt their members of Congress to continue to fund international poverty assistance programs.

“Life-saving poverty-focused international assistance that fights hunger, disease and makes drought-prone communities more resilient to hunger crises is less than 1% of the budget,” according to the USCCB and CRS. “While our nation’s leaders must address the deficit, we desperately need your help now to protect proven and effective poverty-focused programs.”


http://donate.crs.org/site/DocServer/2011-8-25-Deficit_Action_Alert.pdf?docID=7343&autologin=true
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