Advocacy
CCUSA Advocacy and Social Policy team advocates for policies that uphold human dignity and promote integral human development. Informed by the experience of local Catholic Charities agencies, we urge policy makers to see the faces of those in need in their communities and to create policies which assist and support them.
Recent Letters & Statements
Catholic Charities USA President and CEO Congratulates President-Elect Joe Biden
Sister Donna Markham, OP, PhD, President and CEO of Catholic Charities USA issued the following statement today congratulating the President-Elect: …
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Catholic Charities USA urges prioritization of the Military Family Basic Needs Allowance
Catholic Charities USA joins other organizations in urging the Senate Armed Services Committee to provide needed assistance to struggling military …
CCUSA submits comments in opposition to DHS Notice of Proposed Rule Re: Collection and Use of Biometrics by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
The proposed rule would dramatically expand government surveillance over immigrants and the U.S. citizens sponsoring immigration cases, collecting DNA, voice …
CCUSA POLICY POSITIONS for 115th CONGRESS
Why We Do It
Catholic Charities upholds the dignity of every human person
Pope Francis says, "the just ordering of society and of the state is a central responsibility of politics." Our Catholic faith calls us to serve the most vulnerable and to advocate for justice in social structures. CCUSA and the entire Catholic Charities ministry has a responsibility to advocate for just policy positions and to share our experience of serving those in need.
“The Church cannot and must not take upon herself the political battle to bring about the most just society possible. She cannot and must not replace the State. Yet at the same time she cannot and must not remain on the sidelines in the fight for justice. She has to play her part…”
DEUS CARITAS EST, NO. 28

Supreme Court’s new term is busy on many levels
Although the Supreme Court began its new term Oct. 5, it is hardly business as usual since the court only …
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Catholic officials urge Congress, Trump to adopt new COVID-19 aid bill
Top officials at seven nationwide Catholic organizations called on congressional leaders and President Donald Trump to unite behind a new …
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Profit over safety, especially in pandemic, ‘unjust,’ says Labor Day statement
Given the “somber” realities imposed by the coronavirus pandemic, for companies to put profits over safety is “unjust,” said Archbishop …
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If a brother or sister has nothing to wear and has no food for the day, and one of you says to them, ‘Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well,’ but you do not give them the necessities of the body, what good is it?