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Urge Congress to Safeguard Children in Need and Ensure Communities Have Access to Religious Workers

Urge Congress to Safeguard Children in Need and Ensure Communities Have Access to Religious Workers

In June 2023, the Protect Vulnerable Immigrant Youth Act (S. 1885/H.R. 4285) was introduced in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. The bill would relieve the backlog currently confronting special immigrant juveniles by exempting them from the annual caps for...

Urge Congress to Pass Legislation that Affirms the Dignity of Stateless Persons

The United Nations estimates that there are millions of people across the globe who do not have a nationality and are therefore stateless. According to international law, as ratified in the 1954 Convention Related to the Status of Stateless Persons, a stateless person is...

Tell Congress! Tiny preborn lives are at stake

Proposals in Congress threaten human life, the family, and religious freedom. The need to accompany and support the increasing number of families struggling with infertility is real. But members of Congress – including many who consider themselves pro-life – are...

Stand in Solidarity with Our Afghan Neighbors

It has been nearly two years since the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the harrowing scenes that captivated the world as aircraft rushed to depart its capital city of Kabul. Tens of thousands of Afghan nationals have now been resettled in communities across the United...

Urge Congress to Protect Children Online

Online child exploitation threatens the safety and well-being of our young people and destroys families and communities. In recent years, these abuses have increased exponentially, in large part due to the Internet and mobile technology. Catholics are sadly...