Ongoing lawsuits, including Catholic charities, put the Trump administration in an unusual position. They are allies in one controversy and the main enemy in another.
The Trump administration will upheld the Catholic charity’s religious freedom case in the Supreme Court on Monday.
Local Catholic charities are led by bishops of the diocese where they may or may not be located. choose Participate in the National Catholic Charity USA Membership Organization.
The Catholic Charity Office, the department of Wisconsin’s top diocese, is asking the Supreme Court to determine that it qualifies for unemployment tax exemptions for Wisconsin religious organizations. The US does participate Oral discussions encourage justice to control.
“This court has long recognized that church autonomy protects church decisions of religious organizations. Submit. “Here, parishes and Catholic charities make religious decisions rooted in the Catholic Church teachings on charity and church governance, punishing religious decisions by denial of religious charities by denial of religious decisions about how to build poor people against the 15,000 square miles of Wisconsin’s poor.
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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has found that Catholic charities are not operated “mainly for religious purposes,” and denied efforts to secure tax exemptions that allow them to participate in the Catholic Church’s unemployment program. (Related: Trump administrator asks Supreme Court to block orders to prevent gang members from being deported)
Trump administration Discussed To put it simply, lower court reasoning is “allowing government officials or judges to reaffirm the sufficiency of religious values, inspect practitioners’ compliance with religious doctrines, and distinguish between different beliefs.”
“In the proper understanding of religious employer exemptions, petitioners act as social ministry arms for the parishes of the Roman Catholic Church – is “operated primarily for religious purposes,” writes Associate Bishop Curtis Ganon.
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Meanwhile, the Trump administration is involved in conflict with Catholic charities across the country over ending funding for a resettlement program for refugees. For years, Republicans I have it Called A group that helps promote illegal immigration, such as using taxpayer funds to purchase airline tickets for immigrants.
Catholic Charity Fort Worth It is shown On Tuesday, it will stop lawsuits against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) after the agency Reopen The payments deposit nearly $47 million in previously frozen funds for refugee services.
American Congress of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) I sued February 18th after the State Department suspended funds for refugees resettlement. Catholic charities have begun to fire staff across the country due to fundraising freezes. According to To a national Catholic reporter.
Some agencies, such as Catholic charities in central and northern Missouri, are beginning to shut down resettlement programs for refugees forever.
“We cannot risk a more stable program that can continue to run government subsidy programs during government refusals,” said executive director Litz Main Worte. declaration He filed in court on February 24th.
government I wrote it The court’s application stated, “There is no public interest provided by forcing the government to continue operating under a contract,” chose to close.
Kelly Alice Robinson, President and CEO of Catholic Charity USA I was urged The administration, which reconsidered the fundraising freeze in its January 28th statement, claims the group will provide “critical services.”
The Catholic charity did not respond to requests for comment.
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