As US Household Debt Hits All-Time High, Can the Church Help Members in Financial Stress?

As US household debt hits all-time high, can the church help members in financial stress?

(OSV News) — “Debt,” said the 17th-century English scholar, author and preacher Thomas Fuller, “is the worst poverty.” The 90% of Americans who — as of the second quarter of 2025 — owe an all-time high total of $18.39 trillion in household debt might readily agree. It’s been called a national crisis — and one without an obvious or immediate solution. So how can the Catholic Church respond to a stress-inducing situation that impacts almost all of…

As US household debt hits all-time high, can the church help members in financial stress? - The Leaven Catholic Newspaper

"Debt," said the 17th-century English scholar, author and preacher Thomas Fuller, "is the worst poverty." The 90% of Americans who — as of the second quarter of 2025 — owe an all-time high total of $18.39 trillion in household debt might readily agree. The post As US household debt hits all-time high, can the church help members in financial stress? appeared first on The Leaven Catholic Newspaper.