As President Donald Trump reached the 100th day of his second term April 29, polls showed decreases in his approval ratings on job performance and key issues, including among Catholics overall.| Catholic Review
Debates over a plan to reorganize the State Department should seek to improve American "efforts in the world at diplomacy and global citizenship," and should prioritize human rights and humanitarian efforts, a leading foreign policy expert told OSV News.| Catholic Review
The confirmation of Brian Burch, President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, was blocked May 13 amid a hold by a Senate Democrat on State Department nominees in protest of the Trump administration's closure of the U.S. Agency for International Development.| Catholic Review
Hundreds of Catholic humanitarian workers are rallying to prevent further -- and more permanent -- reductions in U.S. federal funding for international aid, which has been slashed under the Trump administration as part of its "America First" policy.| Catholic Review
A prominent Catholic humanitarian agency in the Middle East has expressed concern over sudden cuts to U.S. financial assistance affecting its ministries aiding the displaced, refugees and the impoverished.| Catholic Review