Catholic Relief Services Archives - Page 2 of 38

Catholic leaders urge TPS for Central Americans, aid for storm-ravaged nations

Feb 11, 2021

Two U.S. bishops’ committee chairmen and the head of Catholics Relief Services asked the Biden administration Feb. 10 to grant Temporary Protected Status for 18 months to foreign nationals from Central America in the United States and to provide aid to their hurricane-ravaged countries.

By Catholic News Service

Catholic aid agency laments ‘cyclical violence’ in eastern Congo

Feb 10, 2021

A leading Catholic aid agency has condemned what it calls “cyclical violence and continuing human rights abuses targeting civilian populations in North Kivu and Ituri Provinces” of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

By Crux Staff

CRS shifts into gear to help during ‘crisis on top of other crises’

Feb 9, 2021

Though COVID-19 seems like the global enemy to defeat, for aid organizations such as Catholic Relief Services, it is simply another crisis to respond to, said Bill O’Keefe, executive vice president for mission and mobilization for the international agency.

By Rhina Guidos

To overcome economic disparities, turn to papal encyclicals, panelists say

Feb 9, 2021

Long-existent disparities between people with low incomes and those who live comfortably must be addressed if the world is to overcome the coronavirus pandemic, climate change and poverty, said three leaders working in diverse areas of the world during the annual Catholic Social Ministry Gathering.

By Dennis Sadowski

Catholic Relief Services helps victims of Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis

Jan 22, 2021

As the Anglophone crisis enters it fifth year in Cameroon, Catholic Relief Services is stepping up to help the civilians affected by the conflict.

By Crux Staff

Catholic leaders welcome Biden plan to rejoin Paris climate agreement

Jan 21, 2021

Catholic leaders welcomed President Joe Biden’s Inauguration Day announcement that the United States would rejoin the Paris climate change agreement.

By Catholic News Service

CRS official opposes Trump’s action to seek foreign spending cuts

Jan 17, 2021

President Donald Trump’s decision to ask Congress to rescind billions of dollars in foreign aid spending is “extremely ill-advised,” said a senior Catholic Relief Services official.

By Dennis Sadowski

‘Extreme urgent need’: Starvation haunts Ethiopia’s Tigray

Jan 17, 2021

From “emaciated” refugees to crops burned on the brink of harvest, starvation threatens the survivors of more than two months of fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.

By Cara Anna