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Aid groups, bishop sound alarm over humanitarian crisis in Yemen

Oct 9, 2018

Aid agencies and Catholic officials are sounding the alarm on Yemen’s spiraling humanitarian crisis, calling on the combatants to end the war and make badly needed assistance available.

By Dale Gavlak

Pope grants funds for Yemeni refugees in South Korea

Aug 3, 2018

Pope Francis expressed his support for Yemeni refugees in South Korea by sending funds from papal charities.

By Catholic News Service

Pope Francis: God works in mysterious ways – trust him

Jun 17, 2018

On Sunday Pope Francis compared the action of grace to the growth of seeds planted in a garden, saying God often works in ways that are both unknown and surprising, but which always bring fruit, and because of this it is important to always trust and never lose faith.

By Elise Harris, CNA

Humanitarian crisis in Yemen worsens, Catholic aid agency says

Jun 14, 2018

The Saudi-led coalition’s assault on Hodeida, Yemen’s main port city, will have a “catastrophic impact” on the ability of relief groups to get food, medicine and other aid to vulnerable Yemeni families in urgent need of assistance, a Catholic aid agency warned.

By Dale Gavlak

Update: Faith-based groups say fighting created humanitarian crisis in Yemen

Apr 29, 2018

Catholic and other faith-based aid groups are urging an end to fighting in Yemen, where three years of war have created a humanitarian crisis, including “the world’s largest food security emergency,” according to the United Nations.

By Dale Gavlak

In Easter Urbi et Orbi, Pope prays for ‘swift end’ to bloody war in Syria

Apr 1, 2018

In his Easter Sunday “Urbi et Orbi” address, to the city and the world, Pope Francis prayed for a swift end to the war in Syria, dialogue on the Korean Peninsula, and peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan.

By John L. Allen Jr.