he National Retail Federation reported in June that school-supply prices were expected to increase by 40% and one loan company said 37% of parents with school-age children said they are unable to afford back-to-school shopping.
Catholic agencies feel pinch of fewer donations for school-supply drives
Bishop urges Senate, House to pass Afghan Adjustment Act ‘without delay’
The USCCB, through its Department of Migration and Refugee Services, has assisted over 13,000 Afghans with resettlement since August 2021, together with Catholic Charities agencies and other community-based partners.
Beyond the border, reunification of Latin American families takes years
Though family separation at the U.S.-Mexico border has been a much-debated topic in recent years, children in Central America have long faced extended periods away from their migrant parents.
A week into government detention, Nicaraguan bishop speaks of forgiveness
Police in Matagalpa currently have Bishop Álvarez and a group of priests and lay Catholics under house arrest.
Caccia: Mutual trust is ‘vital’ to pursuit of nonproliferation, disarmament
Nuclear-weapon-free zones model a way forward toward a world free of nuclear weapons, said Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the Vatican’s permanent observer to the United Nations.
Catholic agencies say Inflation Reduction Act addresses long-standing goals
Landmark legislation to address climate change, reduce prescription drug costs and establish a minimum tax on large corporations once thought dead was suddenly passed by the Senate and is being hailed by Catholic advocates.
St. Peter’s on Capitol Hill offers hospitality to migrant busloads
The local church, partnering with SAMU First Response, began offering hospitality in late July to migrants arriving on buses sent to Washington by the governors of Texas and Arizona.
Visiting Auschwitz, cardinal prays for grandmother who died there
Cardinal Michael Czerny, who was born in the Czech Republic, spoke of his own parents’ suffering and survival.