Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 1, 2025 / 17:20 pm

After the U.S. government shut down on Oct. 1 because Congress failed to reach an agreement on the federal spending budget, Catholic organizations called for a swift resolution to mitigate the potential harm to government-funded programs serving the poor and vulnerable, such as food assistance, housing support, and refugee services.

The government shutdown and the “crippling partisanship will be felt far beyond the halls of Washington,” Kerry Alys Robinson, president of Catholic Charities USA, said in a statement .

Catholic Charities USA, which supports a network of agencies across the country, reported the shutdown will “take a particular toll on the most vulnerable among us, from hungry children and parents living paycheck to paychec

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