Editor’s Note: The information in this article is from The National Black Catholic Congress’ website.…
February 5, 2026 | OSV News
Amid US foreign aid cuts, bishops call for solidarity between American, African Catholics
(OSV News) — Amid severe cuts in U.S. foreign aid, Catholic bishops an ocean apart are advocating for deeper bonds between the U.S. and the peoples of the African continent — with God-given human dignity as central to that summons.
“As brother bishops, we address the Church in the United States and Africa with a call to renewed fraternity and mutual solidarity between our peoples,” declared a joint Feb. 2 statement by the Committee on International Justice and Peace of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Development Commission of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM).