CARES Act

Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, thanked Congress for their work on passing the $900 billion COVID aid package that was signed into law Dec. 27.

After negotiations between Democratic congressional leaders and the White House on a new federal emergency pandemic relief collapsed Aug. 7.

The Paycheck Protection Program loans translate into rapid assistance for communities in the early months of the pandemic’s economic impact.

Catholic leaders expressed deep reservations about a new $3 trillion tax cut and spending bill in response to the economic fallout caused by the coronavirus pandemic that would restrict support for Catholic school students.

Officials at some of the country’s largest Catholic organizations have welcomed the assistance provided under the massive $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act.

Religious nonprofits, including schools, parishes and some dioceses, are eligible for assistance under regulations developed to implement portions of the massive $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act.

On March 27 he signed into law a bill providing $2.2 trillion in relief in response to the coronavirus.

Catholic hospitals, parish schools and charitable agencies are among the entities hoping to receive partial relief under a massive $2.2 trillion emergency aid package unanimously approved by Congress in response to the crippling new coronavirus.