“We are excited to see the policy and hope especially it facilitates even greater support and partnership between USAID, local Catholic partners, and other religious leaders critical to peace and justice around the world,” O’Keefe continued.
The framework of the program, O’Keefe said, is “solid.”
“Whether the policy achieves its goals depends on follow-up and leadership at USAID,” he said. “Engaging diverse religious leaders in the many contexts USAID finds itself will require [the agency to] bring to life the principles in the policy itself.”
Past controversies over potential conflicts with religion
USAID’s current administrator is Samantha Power, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations who served in the Obama…
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