Dear CV Friend,

President Trump spoke with Catholic leaders this past Saturday.

And CatholicVote was on the call to represent you.

The President heard from religious sisters, Catholic teachers,
bishops, and lay Catholic leaders about the challenges we face
during the coronavirus pandemic.

A major topic on the call was the critical role of Catholic
schools in our country.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York told Trump that Catholic
schools deliver twice the education for half the price. Cardinal
Sean O'Malley also explained that if all the Boston Catholic
schools shut down and students entered public education, it would
cost the City of Boston millions of dollars.

One Catholic leader noted that if every Catholic school in the
country had to shut down, it would cost the taxpayers $24 BILLION
to teach these students in our public schools. The President was
shocked by that number -- clearly realizing the value in cost
savings alone that Catholic schools provide to our nation.

President Trump also celebrated the passage of the recent CARES
Act, which allows most Catholic parishes and schools to access
critical relief funds. The President was instrumental in
ensuring that religiously-affiliated schools qualified for these
emergency funds.

(As I wrote over the weekend at RealClearReligion.org, if
Catholic parishes and schools had been shut out of this relief
the coronavirus pandemic could have been an extinction-level
event for the Church in the United States. Link:
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)

But Trump's phone call with Catholic leaders was not just about
dollars and cents. The bishops on the phone emphasized that
Catholic schools teach the whole person, body and soul.
President Trump agreed and said that's why parents like Catholic
education -- because they're not having to do battle with their
own schools.

CRITICAL HELP: The President promised that he would fight for
financial help for Catholic parents to send their children to
Catholic schools -- especially as schools prepare for the next
school year, when massive unemployment and lingering health fears
could be catastrophic for enrollment. This aid might come
directly or in the form of tax credits.

Not surprisingly, President Trump noted that Democrats
aggressively oppose school choice.

In my editorial cited above, I suggested that President Trump and
his administration have established an unparalleled record of
support for American Catholics.

But right now our churches and schools are under intense
pressure.

The coming months will likely be even more difficult.

Which is why it's good to know the President has our back.

Brian


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