Catholic Relief Services
Faith-based health organizations defend at-risk AIDS initiative from Republicans
By Yonat Shimron — October 3, 2023
(RNS) — Many faith-based organizations opposed to abortion are fighting for PEPFAR, an AIDS program that some Republicans now claim provides abortion services.
Thousands attend funeral Mass for beloved Los Angeles Bishop David O’Connell
By Alejandra Molina — March 3, 2023
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — 'He was friends up and down the social scale, at ease in the corridors of power and with the powerless,' said Monsignor Jarlath Cunnane during his homily.
In Haiti, a crisis of violence, chaos, and cholera goes largely ignored by outside world
By Bob Smietana — December 27, 2022
(RNS) — Charities do what they can to help the impoverished nation, but international action is needed to bring order and restore infrastructure, experts on the ground say.
Survey: Catholics, Hispanics, young people most likely to voice climate concerns
By Alejandra Molina — October 5, 2022
(RNS) — Additionally, American Catholics were found to be five times more likely to express that climate change is a shared responsibility than their non-Catholic counterparts.
Faith-based and other relief efforts underway to assist Pakistan flood victims
By Alejandra Molina — August 31, 2022
(RNS) — ‘The humanitarian situation is terrible and could deteriorate without immediate international intervention,’ said Asif Shirazi, Islamic Relief’s country director in Pakistan.
How to help Ukrainians today: Organizations providing aid
By Andrea Klick — February 25, 2022
(RNS) — RNS has compiled a list of verified organizations — many of them religious or religiously affiliated — working to support Ukrainians right now.
In Central America, Kamala Harris ignored our best hope: Catholic bishops
By Thomas Reese — June 23, 2021
(RNS) — Vice President Kamala Harris made a huge mistake by not meeting with Catholic bishops during her visit to Central America. The bishops could be the administration’s strongest ally in fighting the corruption, crime and poverty that cause people to flee to the United States.
Despite COVID-19, economic downturns, religious charities working overseas keep the faith
By Bob Smietana — December 22, 2020
(RNS) — With declining numbers of volunteers and donors, global faith-based aid organizations are looking beyond their traditional sources of support.
Church leaders pray for Ethiopian Airlines crash victims as they grieve for clergy
By Fredrick Nzwili — March 12, 2019
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Leaders of Africa’s faith traditions united in prayer for the 157 victims, who included two priests and a Roman Catholic nun.
New head of Catholic Relief Services wants to be a beacon of light in dark places
By Yonat Shimron — January 6, 2017
(RNS) 'One of the things that we do is bring that message from overseas, that they’re not alone, that there are people that care about them,' said Sean Callahan, president and CEO of Catholic Relief Services.
Christian aid groups work to dry Syrian refugees’ tears
By Jonathan Merritt — November 13, 2014
The Syrian civil war has produced more than 3 million refugees, and U.N. officials are calling it "the biggest humanitarian emergency of our era." But a collection of Christian relief organizations committed to ministering in the midst of catastrophe.
Christians, Yazidis need more than escape: Catholic Relief official in Iraq
By Kimberly Winston — August 19, 2014
(RNS) Catholic Relief Service's Kris Ozar says, "We need to continue to remind ourselves of the plight of the Iraqi people."
Bishops rebuke critics of Catholic Relief Services
By Katherine Burgess — September 12, 2013
(RNS) U.S. Catholic bishops have publicly rebuked conservative critics of Catholic Relief Services, flatly denying charges that the group has wavered in its commitment to church teachings on contraception and abortion.
Former charity head confirmed as U.S. ambassador to Vatican
By David Gibson — August 2, 2013
(RNS) The Senate has confirmed former Catholic Relief Services head Ken Hackett to be the next U.S. ambassador to the Vatican. Hackett replaces Miguel Diaz, a theologian, and he gives President Obama an experienced voice on social justice in Rome where a new pope, Francis, has made caring for the poor a priority.
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