Catholic Relief Services Archives

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

U.S. coronavirus package also offers aid to developing world

Mar 22, 2021

One aspect of President Joe Biden’s colossal $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan that has flown under the radar is the anti-COVID-19 measures for the developing world.

By Ngala Killian Chimtom

Conflict keeps people from farming, drives some to brink of famine

Mar 18, 2021

Conflict is driving four countries — Yemen, South Sudan, Burkina Faso and northeastern Nigeria — into famine, the World Food Program warned.

By Bronwen Dachs

Binding, bonding, bridging: CRS project helps Iraqis trust again

Mar 3, 2021

A Catholic Relief Services project is helping residents returning to Iraq’s Ninevah Plain rebuild their lives, communities and trust, which were ripped apart by Islamic State militant destruction. It’s an area Pope Francis plans to visit on his historic papal trip to Iraq March 5-8.

By Dale Gavlak