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As government-funded food assistance program such as SNAP and WIC are about to lose funding Nov. 1, 2025, due to the government shutdown, Catholic Charities USA is stepping in to help needy Americans.

Catholic Charities USA launches fundraising effort amid government shutdown, loss of SNAP

Oct 30, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Catholic Charities USA has launched an emergency fundraising effort to support those about to lose access to federal food assistance.  Read more

Catholic organizations are urging lawmakers in Congress to come to a swift resolution to end the government shutdown.

Catholic organizations urge Congress to end U.S. government shutdown

Oct 1, 2025

By Tessa Gervasini

Catholic organizations called for a swift resolution to the shutdown to mitigate the harm to government-funded programs serving the poor... Read more

Volunteers and staff with Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley assist Latin American and Haitian migrants at a migrant shelter in McAllen, Texas.

House launches probe of Catholic nongovernmental organizations’ role aiding migrants

Jun 13, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Catholic Charities USA and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops are among those named in the investigation. Read more

Tony McFall wears his father’s cowboy hat while looking over the debris of the house of his father and step-mother, who lost their lives during the tornado in the neighborhood of Sunshine Hills on May 17, 2025, in London, Kentucky. A tornado struck communities in Somerset and London, Kentucky, leaving over 10 dead and more injured.

Catholic Charities aids Midwestern communities devastated by tornadoes

May 22, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

Catholic Charities organizations are rallying to support communities devastated by the more than 70 tornadoes that tore through the central... Read more

Catholic Charities USA sign at its headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia.

Catholic Charities USA to launch nationwide traveling exhibit on Christian service

Apr 24, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

The exhibit, titled “People of Hope: Faith-Filled Stories of Neighbors Helping Neighbors,” will tour the U.S. for two and a... Read more

Immigrants at Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley humanitarian respite center in McAllen, Texas.

Catholic Charities urges Trump administration to ‘rethink’ freeze on NGO funding

Jan 28, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

The president of Catholic Charities USA has urged the Trump administration to “rethink” its pause on federal funding for executive... Read more

Floodwaters inundate the main street in Tarpon Springs, Florida, after Hurricane Helene passed offshore on Sept. 27, 2024. Hurricane Helene made landfall Thursday night in Florida’s Big Bend with winds up to 140 mph and storm surges.

Florida dioceses seek help as state reels from massive Hurricane Helene

Sep 27, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

The Catholic Charities network as well as dioceses across the state of Florida appealed for help as Hurricane Helene wreaked... Read more

Signage is strewn across the intersection after Hurricane Francine swept through the area on Sept. 11, 2024, in Houma, Louisiana.

Catholic Charities seeks volunteers in Louisiana as Hurricane Francine floods the region

Sep 12, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

Hurricane Francine made landfall in southern Louisiana on Sept. 11 as a Category 2 storm, bringing 100 mph winds in... Read more

A man walks down a flooded street in the Juana Matos neighborhood of Catano, Puerto Rico, on Sept.19, 2022, after the passage of Hurricane Fiona. Hurricane Fiona smashed into Puerto Rico, knocking out the U.S. island territory's power while dumping torrential rain and wreaking catastrophic damage before making landfall in the Dominican Republic on Sept. 19, 2022.

Catholic Charities to provide aid to Puerto Ricans devastated by Hurricane Fiona

Sep 20, 2022

By Zelda Caldwell, Jonah McKeown

More than a day after Hurricane Fiona dumped 30 inches of rain on Puerto Rico, a million people still do... Read more

Former president George W. Bush

George W. Bush donates to Catholic Charities’ work with immigrants and refugees

Jun 3, 2021

Former President George W. Bush recently donated $100,000 to Catholic Charities USA in recognition of the group’s work with immigrants... Read more

Over 45 million live in poverty as Pope Francis comes to visit

Sep 17, 2015

By Matt Hadro

Carolyn Smith of Dayton, Ohio was living without food or working utilities and in “in an utter, total state of... Read more

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