Over the course of the next six months, Catholic Charities in the Diocese of Nashville will help resettle 150 Afghans into local communities as part of the effort to help them escape Taliban rule under the U.S. State Department's Afghan Placement Assistance
Patrick Raglow and the resettlement staff at Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City expect to be very busy very soon.
They are preparing to welcome to Oklahoma 1,800 Afghans who were part of the emergency evacuation in August as the Taliban
A scattering of Hurricane Ida evacuees from storm-battered Louisiana to neighboring states across the south is presenting a familiar crisis for regional Catholic Charities agencies following Hurricane Ida's Aug. 29 landfall.
"Our experience here is similar to that of Hurricane Katrina in that
Caritas Pakistan has alerted its diocesan units bordering neighboring Afghanistan to help refugees fleeing the Taliban's takeover of the country, reported ucanews.com.
Thousands of Afghans have entered Pakistan via the Chaman border crossing, one of the most active trade and travel routes between
Caritas Italy announced the suspension of charitable activities in Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban's takeover of the country.
In a statement released Aug. 15, Caritas said the "instability of the situation has led to the suspension of all activities" and has
On a clear spring afternoon, Lexington's Cardinal Valley neighborhood is buzzing with activity.
Birdsong mingles with the bass beat of a passing car stereo, while people move between homes, hair salons, taquerias and panaderías.
In the midst of all this life, the bright stucco
Staff members with Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami were on location and developing a response strategy June 24 near the stunning wreckage of a partially collapsed beachfront high-rise apartment building.
As of early June 25, some 159 people who lived in
Caritas, the church's charitable aid agency, is tackling unemployment in Ghana, especially for young women.
The Korean branch of Caritas has donated more than $54,000 to the agency in Ghana, a country faced with 12% youth unemployment and more than 50% underemployment, both
As the U.S. took in almost 19,000 migrant children, labeled "unaccompanied minors," in March, faith-based organizations such as Catholic Charities throughout the U.S. have been doing their part to help.
In Texas, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of San Antonio set up over
As the Biden administration begins to transition away from immigration policies put into effect by the Trump administration, more than 25,000 migrants seeking asylum in the United States will start crossing from Mexico into the United States while they await their cases