Responding to the Foreign Aid Freeze

In this webinar we cover the recent changes to U.S. Federal foreign aid spending through a lens of Catholic Social Teachings. The questions we attempt to answer are:

• Why does the Church support international assistance programs?
• What does Catholic Social Teaching have to say about foreign aid?
• What priorities and reforms does the Church recommend for U.S. foreign aid?
• What is MOGC’s view of the dismantling of USAID?

The recording of the webinar and the presentation slides are below, as well as the referenced resources from the webinar.

• The two-page document from Catholic Relief Services on the Questions on Church Teaching and International Assistance https://mogc.info/CST-ForeignAid
• Link to join the CRS congressional visits: https://support.crs.org/form/register-congressional-visit
• An action alert from Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns with three actions you can take in defense of foreign aid: https://maryknollogc.org/action/three-ways-advocate-foreign-aid

This webinar was broadcast live at 3pm ET on February 20, 2025.