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    Hunger, Food, Nutrition

     

    "Freedom from the yoke of hunger is the first concrete manifestation of that right to life which, although solemnly proclaimed, often remains far from being effectively implemented."
    -- Pope Benedict XVI, World Food Day 2011

    Letter to House Committee on Agriculture
    Bishop Stephen E. Blaire, April 16, 2012

    Joint Letter to Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture on FY 2013
    Bishop Stephen E. Blaire, April 16, 2012

    Backgrounder on Food and Nutrition
    2011

    Joint Letter to Congressional Appropriations Committees on FY 2012 Agriculture Appropriations Bill
    Bishop Stephen E. Blaire and Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, October 20, 2011

    Letter to Senate on Agriculture Appropriations
    Bishop Stepen E. Blaire and Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, September 6, 2011

    Letter to House, Senate on Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit
    Bishop William Murphy, September 20, 2010

    Joint Letter to Congress on Child Nutrition Reauthorization
    August 3, 2010

     

    For older resources on Food and Nutrition, visit the Family Issues and Agriculture pages of our previous website.



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