Catholic Relief Services Archives

CRS gradually restores services in Haiti amid series of crises

Jul 16, 2021

A series of debilitating crises in recent weeks — from a surge in COVID-19 cases to the assassination of a president — has left Haiti reeling again in uncertainty and forced Catholic Relief Services to curtail its outreach efforts.

By Dennis Sadowski

Most Guatemalans don’t want to immigrate but feel pushed, study finds

Jun 7, 2021

The majority of Guatemalans would rather stay in their home country than migrate, but the difficult conditions of the country and a lack of opportunities compel them to leave, according to a new study.

By John Lavenburg

Southern Madagascar drought leads to starvation; pandemic complicates aid

May 26, 2021

About 14,000 people in drought-ravaged southern Madagascar face starvation after exhausting all their options to cope, relief organization representatives said.

By Bronwen Dachs

Catholics debate Biden’s waiver of property rights for vaccines

May 8, 2021

Two U.S. faith organizations on the front lines of the global coronavirus response stand with the federal government in support of waiving intellectual property (IP) protections for COVID-19 vaccines, in an effort to help poorer countries get more doses.

By John Lavenburg

Mozambique’s ‘intensifying conflict’ affecting humanitarian effort in Cabo Delgado

Apr 29, 2021

As Islamic State-affiliated insurgents continue to wreak havoc in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, tens of thousands are in need of urgent humanitarian aid.

By Ngala Killian Chimtom

U.S. pullout from Afghanistan leads to questions about renewed violence

Apr 22, 2021

President Joe Biden’s plan to withdraw U.S. armed forces from Afghanistan by Sept. 11 is leading observers to renew concerns about continued progress on human rights, the status of democratic reforms and whether a resurgence of violence will set back the war-beleaguered country.

By Dennis Sadowski

Catholic coalition stresses importance of COVID-19 vaccine for all

Apr 8, 2021

On World Health Day, April 7, a new group of 31 U.S. Catholic organizations encouraged people to get the COVID-19 vaccine as an act of charity and solidarity with others.

By Carol Zimmermann

Engaging Christian, Muslim youth in Sahel before terrorists do is seen as key

Apr 1, 2021

Getting Muslim and Christian young people together to know each other before terrorist groups can sow divisiveness is seen as key to peace in the Sahel region of western Africa, said panelists during a March 30 online workshop presented by Catholic Relief Services.

By Mark Pattison