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The Rev. David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World, said that the funding at issue supports the most basic aid for poor people abroad.
The brutal crackdown on dissent in Syria continues unabated despite the signing of an Arab League peace plan on Nov. 2.
After being denied in June, federal funding for the AmeriCorps Education Awards disbursed through the Catholic Volunteer Network has been restored to 75 percent of its 2010 funding.
The event marked the 25th anniversary of the first interreligious gathering in the hometown of St. Francis, called in 1986 by Pope John Paul II.
Recent statistics show Europe having the most international migrants.
The Obama administration and the U.S. bishops continue their rocky ride as the bishops increasingly focus on concerns related to religious liberty.