Jubilee USA Network and Eric LeCompte, Executive Director of Jubilee USA, were recently featured in Catholic News Agency regarding the joint letter between the USCCB and Jubilee USA written to President Trump on debt relief, moving new forms of economic aid and changes to the financial system to address poverty and stabilize food as well as fuel prices. Read an excerpt below, or the full article here. 

U.S. bishops and Jubilee USA urge Trump to pursue debt relief during 2025 Jubilee Year

By: Tessa Gervasini

"The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and Jubilee USA Network this week sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to pursue global debt relief initiatives that will economically serve both developing countries and the United States. 

In the letter, Bishop Abdallah Elias Zaidan, the chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on International Justice and Peace, and Eric LeCompte, the executive director at Jubilee USA Network, argued that “building on the successes” of relief initiatives introduced by Trump during his first term could lower global debt."

 

Read the full letter to President Trump from the US Conference of Catholic Bishops and Jubilee USA Network here.

Read Pope Francis' June Jubilee 2025 debt focus speech here.

Learn about the global Jubilee interfaith launches and December Holy See launch here.