Catholic aid workers in Gaza are determined to continue their mission after a deadly strike killed colleagues from a fellow organization.
Seven staff members of World Central Kitchen died April 1 when their three-vehicle convoy was hit in an Israeli air attack. The
By donating to the annual Catholic Relief Services collection of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholics "have the opportunity to walk with Jesus on his mission of mercy," said the chairman of the USCCB's Committee on National Collections.
The CRS collection will
Two Catholic Relief Services staff members were shot and killed Easter Sunday in Ethiopia's Amhara region, according to the U.S. Catholic Church's international aid agency. Details of the murders are still unknown, CRS said April 10, but the incident comes amid several
Since 1975, CRS Rice Bowl -- a brightly colored, cardboard almsgiving box that is a familiar annual Lenten sight in parishes nationwide -- has invited Catholics to pray, fast and give in solidarity with the world's poor.
But Catholic Relief Services -- the
In a new essay for Our Sunday Visitor, Catholic Relief Services executive Bill O’Keefe writes that now, with the COP27 climate change summit beginning in Egypt, American Catholics must fight to support our brothers and sisters around the globe who are being
The initial aid from Catholic Relief Services in response to the devastating floods in Pakistan has gotten to families that need it most.
About 2,300 families have received cash assistance from CRS, said Megan Gilbert, a CRS spokeswoman.
The cash can help those families
Amid fears that many areas in Ethiopia's Tigray region remained unsafe, Catholic humanitarian agencies and their partners were moving food and other supplies to locations near the border of Tigray, where a month of fighting has left thousands without food, medicine and
Sean Callahan, president and CEO of Catholic Relief Services, writes that as people are forced to stay home amid the increasing spread of the coronavirus, we are facing an unprecedented challenge to balance isolation and empathy. Americans are united with billions of
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholic Relief Services operations began returning to normal following more than a week of unrest by Haitians frustrated by government corruption and high inflation. “Today we started on time,” Christopher Bessey, CRS country representative in Haiti, told Catholic News
As Catholic Relief Services’ 75th anniversary year comes to a close, I realize that for our work with the poor around the world, this year is no more or less important than any other, than the 74th was or that the 76th