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  • UK Catholic aid agency calls on governments to back faith-based groups

    UK Catholic aid agency calls on governments to back faith-based groups

    • Feb 6, 2021

    As the COVID-19 pandemic causes a health and economic crisis in countries around the world, a new report says governments should see the Catholic Church as a partner in delivering aid and promoting other humanitarian projects.

    By Charles Collins
  • CRS official opposes Trump’s action to seek foreign spending cuts

    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
  • Proposed legislation could help tens of millions of children overseas, CRS says

    Proposed legislation could help tens of millions of children overseas, CRS says

    • Oct 2, 2020

    New legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives could be a “triumph for the tens of millions of children overseas whose potential is yet to be realized,” according to the U.S. bishops’ international development agency.

    By Crux Staff
  • Faith leaders ask Congress to boost overseas pandemic aid

    Faith leaders ask Congress to boost overseas pandemic aid

    • Jul 6, 2020

    Three dozen faith-based organizations, including Catholic Relief Services, have asked Congress to immediately fund efforts to respond to the coronavirus pandemic around the world.

    By Catholic News Service
  • Doctors with Riverdance urge return of Lenten appeal boxes in Ireland

    Doctors with Riverdance urge return of Lenten appeal boxes in Ireland

    • Jun 20, 2020

    In addition to spiritual loss, the Easter coronavirus lockdown meant another Irish tradition was missed: The return of the Trócaire box after Lent.

    By Charles Collins
  • Aid agencies warn of Yemen’s health care collapse, famine risk

    Aid agencies warn of Yemen’s health care collapse, famine risk

    • Jun 17, 2020

    CAFOD and other humanitarian agencies warn that Yemen’s health care system, already ravaged by five years of civil war, is collapsing, while its people risk famine as the Arabian Peninsula’s poorest country struggles with the coronavirus pandemic.

    By Dale Gavlak
  • UK plan to end independence of international development office ‘seriously misguided’

    UK plan to end independence of international development office ‘seriously misguided’

    • Jun 17, 2020

    Catholic aid agencies in Britain have reacted with alarm and disappointment over Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s announcement that he will merge the Department for International Development (DFID) is to merge with the Foreign Office.

    By Charles Collins
  • Vulnerable people seeing rapid COVID-19 response from U.S. aid agencies

    Vulnerable people seeing rapid COVID-19 response from U.S. aid agencies

    • Apr 19, 2020

    U.S.-based aid groups are devoting extra resources to refugees and migrant people globally who are vulnerable to the new coronavirus.

    By Catholic News Service
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