A consortium that has been pushing lawmakers to maintain federal funding for the poor will continue to apply pressure following passage of a $1.1 trillion spending bill by Congress May 3 that ...

(RNS) Catholic, evangelical, mainline Protestant, black and Latino Christian leaders have formed a “Circle of Protection” against U.S. cuts to poverty-fighting programs, gearing up for a high-stakes ...

Among the most valuable outcomes of the ongoing debate regarding the debt ceiling crisis and the critical need to rein in government spending has been a sharper focus on priorities in determining ...

There is a division among Catholics on the best way to protect the poor from budget cuts being debated in Congress. WASHINGTON — An alliance of American churches, including the U.S. Conference of ...

There is a lot to like in the two-year budget worked out in Congress and signed by President Donald Trump, according to faith-based institutions that are members of the Circle of Protection. "This is ...

It is not difficult to comprehend that a father in South Sudan who needlessly dies from AIDS this year because of reduced access to treatments will leave his family in dire straits. It is not ...

On Wednesday, a bipartisan group of faith leaders called the Circle of Protection met with President Obama. They urged him to defend programs serving the poor and hungry. Host Michel Martin speaks ...

“We’re constantly saying what we’re against,” says Martin Dickinson, a lay leader at the cathedral’s sanctuary ministry, “and that’s necessary. But what are we for? Migration with Dignity gives us a ...