Michael Czerny, Canadian cardinal at Vatican, blasts 'ruthless' plans to dismantle USAID

Feb 10, 2025 - 23:00
Michael Czerny, Canadian cardinal at Vatican, blasts 'ruthless' plans to dismantle USAID
An older man with a salt and pepper beard wearing glasses is shown in closeup wearing religious garments and hat.

The Vatican's charity voiced outrage Monday at what it called the "reckless" and "unhuman" U.S. plans to gut USAID, with Pope Francis's point-man on development aid insisting that the Trump administration remember Christian principles about caring for others as it begins governing.