The days of the Catholic Church receiving billions from U.S. taxpayers appear to be over. Earlier this year, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) cut funding to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). On Monday, the nongovernmental organization (NGO) that has been very sympathetic to the nation-killing policies promoted by the rudderless Democratic Party, including open borders on both the southern and northern fronts, announced that its partnership with the federal government in providing refugee support services has ended.
AP News reported that the USCCB’s move to end 50 years of partnerships with the federal government to serve refugees came after USAID has cut funding for refugee resettlement programs.
“As a national effort, we simply cannot continue our work at our current level or in our current form,” said USCCCB President Archbishop Timothy Broglio, adding, “We are working to find alternative means to support the people who have already been admitted to these programs by the federal government. We ask for your prayers for the many affected workers and refugees.”
The USCCB does not intend to revive existing federal government contracts for refugee resettlement programs.
The nonprofit sued the Trump administration earlier this year, claiming the president’s order to halt refugee benefits was illegal and owed millions to Catholic Charities. However, a federal judge rejected the USCCB’s request.
In late January, Vice President JD Vance told Margaret Brennan on CBS’s Face Nation: “I believe the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops – if they’re concerned about the humanitarian costs of immigration enforcement, let them talk about the children who are being trafficked into sex because of an open border.”
Catholic Charities received billions of euros in taxpayer money from USAID, the Department of Health and Human Services, and other agencies.
Note how grants allocated to the NGO skyrocketed during the Biden years – just as the migrant invasion was in full swing.
The sadness is over.
