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Padre Guilherme hosts rave in Argentina’s capital honoring late Pope Francis

SCIAF

Palestinians flee their neighborhood in Gaza on Nov. 8, 2023. (Credit: Associated Press.)

Scottish Catholic aid agency says help is needed quickly after Gaza ceasefire

Jan 22, 2025
Charles Collins

Ricky Ross of Deacon Blue opens the film "Dignity" in Glasgow, Scotland, on Jan. 17, 2025. (Credit: SCIAF.)

Scottish film looks at work in Africa sponsored by Catholic charity

Jan 18, 2025
Charles Collins

Cars sit in traffic as they flee the southern villages amid ongoing Israeli airstrikes, in Sidon, Lebanon, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (Credit: Mohammed Zaatari/AP.)

War in the Holy Land ‘causing horrendous levels of suffering,’ Catholic charity says

Sep 28, 2024
Crux Now Staff

Children play near stagnant pools of water in Lusaka, Zambia on March 9, 2024. (Credit: Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP.)

Scottish Catholic aid worker says latest Zambia food crisis ‘different from before’

Jul 10, 2024
Charles Collins

Newly elected leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) John Swinney delivers his acceptance speech at the Advanced Research Centre (ARC) of the Glasgow University, in Glasgow, Monday, May 6, 2024, after he was confirmed as the SNP’s new leader. (Credit: Jane Barlow/PA via AP.)

Scottish Catholic agency ‘disappointed’ by ending international development ministry

May 14, 2024
Charles Collins

Pope Francis after blessing the SCIAF Wee Box Lenten appeal with Caritas International Secretary General, Alistair Dutton, and Caritas International President Archbishop Isao Kikuchi. (Credit: Caritas Internationalis.)

Pope Francis blesses ‘Wee Box’ to help Scottish support of Rwanda

Mar 16, 2024
Charles Collins

SCIAF supporters Ricky Ross and Lorraine McIntosh took to the streets of Glasgow to ask people to show their love for some of the world’s poorest people on Ash Wednesday. (Credit: SCIAF handout.)

Scottish Catholics use Lent to raise funds for vulnerable people in Rwanda

Feb 15, 2024
Charles Collins

COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber, right, celebrates passing the global stocktake with United Nations Climate Chief Simon Stiell, left, and COP28 CEO Adnan Amin during a plenary session at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Credit: Kamran Jebreili/AP.)

Catholics say COP28 climate change deal ‘encouraging’ but ‘not fast enough’

Dec 15, 2023
Charles Collins

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrives at the Conservative Party annual conference at Manchester Central convention complex in Manchester, England, Oct. 4, 2023. (Credit: Jon Super/AP.)

Catholics urge British government to tackle international hunger crisis

Nov 18, 2023
Charles Collins

UK Catholic agencies disappointed in decision to keep cuts to foreign aid

Nov 19, 2022
Charles Collins

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Padre Guilherme hosts rave in Argentina’s capital honoring late Pope Francis

Apr 20
Débora Rey,
Associated Press

Pope prays at Catholic shrine in Angola that was a center of African slave trade

Apr 20
Nicole Winfield

Pope in Angola offers message of hope, urges social action amid poverty

Apr 19
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV heads to Catholic shrine in Angola that was a center of African slave trade

Apr 19
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press