Catholic Church Shuts Down Refugee and Migrant Aid Programs

The U.S. Catholic Church is shutting down two of its migration programs amid pressure from ordinary Catholics and the U.S. government.

“A very sad day has dawned,” wrote Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, in an April 8 op-ed for the Washington Post. He continued:

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) had to make the gut-wrenching decision this week to end our work with the federal government to resettle refugees and coordinate support services on the government’s behalf for unaccompanied children entering the United States. Our programs — among the nation’s largest and longest-serving refugee resettlement efforts — will shut down by the end of the fiscal year.

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This is a painful end to a life-sustaining

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