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Read about the bishops' positions and work to relieve debt for poor countries.
Foundational Statement:
A Jubilee Call for Debt Forgiveness
A statement of the USCCB Administrative Board, April 1999
Spanish: Un Llamado Jubilar para cancelar las deudas
- Letter to Senate on Cuts in Poverty-Focused International Assistance
Bishop Howard J. Hubbard and Ken Hackett, February 22, 2011 - Letter to House on Cuts in Poverty-Focused International Assistance
Bishop Howard J. Hubbard and Ken Hackett, February 14, 2011
- Urge Senators to Support the Jubilee Act to Relieve the Debt of Poor Countries!
July 15, 2008 - Action Alert - Urge Senators to Support Senate Version of the Jubilee Act
April 23, 2008 - Letter to House on Jubilee Debt Relief Act
Bishop Thomas Wenski, April 9, 2008 - Action Alert: Support Jubilee Debt Relief Act
April 9, 2008 - Background on Debt Relief
February 2008 - Action Alert: Support Foreign Aid and Oppose Harmful provisions
September 6, 2007 - Letter to Representatives Maxine Waters and Spencer Bachus on Jubilee Act
Bishop Thomas G. Wenski, June 20, 2007 - Background on Debt
February 2007 - Update on Catholic Campaign Against Global Poverty
June 2006 - Background on Debt
February 2006 - Letter to Senator Frist Urging Support of Multilateral Debt Relief Act
Bishop John H. Ricard, September 15, 2005 - Action Alert on Multilateral Debt Relief Act
July 21, 2005 - Letter to Congress on Multilateral Debt Relief Act
Bishop John Ricard, July 18, 2005 - Statement Reacting to G8 Summit
Bishop John Ricard, July 11, 2005 - Analysis of Agreement on HIPC Debt Cancellation
July 7, 2005 - Update: Victory on Debt Relief
June 15, 2005 - Action Alert: June 2 Call-In Day on Debt Cancellation
May 24, 2005 - Letters to Senate on 2005 Supplemental Appropriations
Bishop John Ricard, Bishop Gerald Barnes, & Ken Hackett, April 1, 2005 - Letter to Stephen Hadley on Debt Cancellation for HIPCs
Bishop John H. Ricard, February 1, 2005 - Background on Debt
February 2005 - Letter to Secretary Snow on Debt Cancellation for HIPCs
Bishop John H. Ricard, January 27, 2005 - Action Alert on Debt Relief
January 25, 2005 - Letter to Secretary of the Treasury on Debt Relief
Bishop John H. Ricard, September 20, 2004 - Action Alert on Debt Relief
September 17, 2004 - Statement on Debt Cancellation Proposal
Bishop John H. Ricard, June 18, 2004 - Statement on Debt Relief for Poor Countries
Bishop John H. Ricard, June 18, 2004 - Background on Debt
February 2004 - Victory on Global Health and Debt Relief
May 16, 2003 - Background on Debt
February 2003 - Urgent Action Alert
September 30, 2002 - Action Alert: Congress to Finalize Legislation on HIV/AIDS and Debt Relief
July 2002 - Congress to Finalize Legislation on HIV/AIDS and Debt Relief
July 2002 - Letter to The House and The Senate Asking to Adopt a New Direction for County's Foreign Assistance Program
Bernard Cardinal Law, June 26, 2002 - Testimony on 2003 Foreign Assistance
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and Catholic Relief Services, May 9, 2002 - Letter to Senator Santorum on Debt Relief Enhancement Act of 2002
April 18, 2002 - Action Alert
April 2002 - Letter to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Bernard Cardinal Law, July 31, 2001 - Letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee
Bernard Cardinal Law, July 25, 2001 - Statement on the President's Initiative on Global Poverty Alleviation and Increase in World Bank Grant to Poorest Countries
Cardinal Bernard Law, July 19, 2001 - Note on Enhanced HIPC Debt Reduction to Secretary O'Neil
Office of International Justice and Peace, June 5, 2001 - Note on Enhanced HIPC Debt Reduction
Office of International Justice and Peace, U.S. Catholic Conference, June 4, 2001 - Action Alert
April 2001 - Written Testimony on 2002 Foreign Assistance
March 28, 2001 - Oral Testimony
Fr. William Headley, Catholic Relief Services, March 28, 2001