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C0RI0LANUS

(3,015 posts)
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 10:23 PM Feb 12

Overseas Missionaries and Evangelicals Learned Too Late About Trumpf


USAID feeds poor and hungry children in Africa through NGOs and Christian charities.

Faith-based organizations that partner with the US government to deliver international aid are being hard-hit by the USAID shutdown, and are now facing their own layoffs, furloughs and severe funding shortages. Remaining staff are being forced to make difficult choices about which lifesaving programs can continue without government funding.

Two of the 12 largest non-governmental recipients of USAID funds are faith-based: Catholic Relief Services and World Vision. These Christian nonprofits serve millions of people globally and provide food, water and health care in conflict zones.

Catholic Relief Services — founded by US Catholic bishops in 1943 — told staff to expect drastic reductions in their workforce this year, as much as 50 percent, due to cuts in US foreign assistance. CRS receives more USAID support than any other non-governmental organization. The US government funded nearly half of the 2023 CRS budget of $1.2 billion.

The Vatican’s global charity arm, Caritas, warned that millions of people will die as a result of the “ruthless” US decision to “recklessly” stop USAID funding, and hundreds of millions more will be condemned to “dehumanizing poverty.”


Evangelical leader Franklin Graham prayed at both of Donald Trump’s presidential inaugurations, runs Samaritan’s Purse and said he wants" the government to make good decisions".

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Sources:

https://apnews.com/article/usaid-christian-nonprofits-funding-freeze-bbb000ea0e232765db1280c093301a8a

https://catholicvote.org/forbes-reveals-catholic-relief-services-top-recipient-usaid-funding/

https://www.samaritanspurse.org/
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BOSSHOG

(42,154 posts)
1. Franklin Graham can conduct prayer services
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 10:26 PM
Feb 12

Over mass graves in the Sudan. Death, destruction and despair brought by trump and his evangelical enablers.

Karadeniz

(24,245 posts)
3. I guess the vatican will have to sell some of its material possessions....How
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 10:45 PM
Feb 12

much would the Pieta bring in?

C0RI0LANUS

(3,015 posts)
6. Hi Karadeniz. You must have watched a terrific movie recently.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 11:33 PM
Feb 12

One of the few occasions that a film surpasses the original novel is The Shoes of the Fisherman. I read the novel and enjoyed the film more. The author, Morris West, approved of the cinematic improvement. The Pope finds a solution like you suggested.





Karadeniz

(24,245 posts)
10. There was such a pope, john paul I, i think. He lasted one month. Woke up
Thu Feb 13, 2025, 04:46 PM
Feb 13

dead one morning, despite passing 3 physical exams with flying colors during that month. He wanted to approve birth control for women and sell off Vatican wealth to help the needy.

gab13by13

(27,797 posts)
4. Now Those USAID workers are being targeted in many countries.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 10:51 PM
Feb 12

They will be treated as criminals, some will die.

slightlv

(5,407 posts)
9. Sure was everybody's business
Thu Feb 13, 2025, 01:25 AM
Feb 13

when it was Clinton! I may not totally approve of what Clinton did, but guess what? It wasn't any of my business. Shouldn't have been these hypocritical xtians either!

C0RI0LANUS

(3,015 posts)
8. I don't recall seeing Samaritan Purses feeding the Muslim children in Gaza. Maybe they did, but I missed it.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 11:40 PM
Feb 12
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