Act on USCCB alerts to protect the
 poor here and abroad 

In a statement on Ash Wednesday, Bishop A. Elias Zaidan, chairman of the USCCB Committee on International Justice and Peace, called attention to a dire situation: “This Lent, poor families around the world are struggling to access the basic necessities which they need in order to survive. Right now, children are at risk of acute malnutrition, pregnant mothers are not receiving essential care at critical moments during pregnancy, and efforts to prevent deadly diseases like measles, polio, and pneumonia are paused. Yet we know that each child who is hungry and each mother and father who struggle to care for their family is precious in the eyes of God and is a neighbor in need of our loving care.” 

Please help your neighbors around the world who are in desperate need. Take action here on a CRS/USCCB alert urging the resumption of critical, lifesaving aid. The alert highlights the severity and urgency of the situation: “As food distributions are halted, people are going hungry. Without treatment for acute malnutrition, children will die. Entire communities are without shelter and clean water.”

Please also come to the aid of your neighbors who are experiencing poverty here in the U.S. Take action here on a USCCB alert to tell Congress to protect essential safety net programs that families facing financial hardship rely on.

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