Sunday, June 15, 2025

Popular News

HomeNEW POSTSUS Bishops approve $4 million in grants to Church in Latin America

US Bishops approve $4 million in grants to Church in Latin America

The Conference of Catholic Bishops of the United States (USCCB) has approved $4 million in grants to the Church in Latin America, including funding for youth ministry, catechesis and natural disaster recovery assistance.

By Linda Bordoni

American Catholic bishops have put their hands to their pockets to support the pastoral work of the Church in Latin America and the Caribbean and to help reconstruct areas devastated by natural disasters.

All in all, $3.2 million will be distributed among more than 170 grants dedicated to pastoral work such as the support of lay formation and leadership in Cuba and Ecuador, to catechesis projects and evangelization in Uruguay and El Salvador, ministry to indigenous peoples in Brazil and Venezuela.

Some $800,000 will be poured into recovery and reconstruction projects following earthquakes in Haiti and Mexico and the devastation caused by the passages of Hurricanes Matthew, Maria and Irma.

Panama’ World Youth Day in January was also on the agenda with grants approved to support youth ministry and travel for delegates from various Latin American countries like Haiti, Peru and Cuba.

Thanking American Catholics for their generosity, the Chairman for the Committee on National Collections said “The Collection for the Church in America has an immeasurable impact on people throughout the region, particularly among the most vulnerable.”

The pastoral grants are funded by the annual Collection for the Church in Latin America that takes place in many dioceses across the United States on the fourth Sunday in January, while emergency and reconstruction grants come out of various special collections called by the Bishops’ Conference.

Popular News

Pope Leo welcomes athletes to Vatican for Jubilee of Sport

Pope Leo XIV continues his predecessor’s Saturday Jubilee audiences, focusing on St Irenaeus as...

Pope appeals for ‘responsibility and reason’ in Iran-Israel escalation

Pope Leo XIV decries the military escalation between Iran and Israel and renews his...

Peter To Rot: A saint, fruit of a shared mission

In the first Ordinary Public Consistory of his pontificate, Pope Leo XIV sets the...

‘You Are My Hope’: Pope Leo XIV’s Message for 9th World Day of the Poor

As the Church prepares to mark the Ninth World Day of the Poor on...