The U.S. Catholic bishops’ Migration and Refugee Services will no longer receive a federal grant from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement for helping victims of human trafficking obtain food, clothing and access to medical care.

Sister Mary Ann Walsh, director of media relations for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, says she hopes the Church’s “position against abortion, sterilization and artificial contraception has not entered into this decision, especially since this administration has said it stands fully behind freedom of conscience.”

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CNS STORY: US bishops’ agency denied federal grant to help trafficking victims

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