A young boy in India receives receives polio vaccine drops. Photo by Laura Sheahen for CRS U.S. poverty-focused international assistance is making it possible for this child in a poor, remote village in India to receive a polio vaccine. While polio is rare, it is a frightening reality in India and other developing countries. Moreover, [...]
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Keddo Umar is one of more than 302,000 people to take part in the CRS Productive Safety Net Program in Ethiopia. Photo by David Snyder for CRS Imagine you lived in Ethiopia, where millions of people like Keddo do not know where their next meal will come from. Before they could rely on their farms [...]
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Bishop Robert Guglielmone of the Diocese of Charleston, S.C., has an op-ed in this morning’s edition of the Post and Courier urging Congress to preserve poverty-focused international assistance in the federal budget. I do not envy our elected officials these days. They are faced with many difficult choices, with many pressures coming from different directions, [...]
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads to China for high level meetings this week and the Administration has signaled that the increasing violence between Sudan and South Sudan may be on the agenda. Thanks in part to your advocacy, President Obama recently urged the people of Sudan and South Sudan “to walk the path [...]
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Ensure our nation feeds the hungry, preserves God’s creation, supports small family farmers and rural America. Take action now! If you live in the following states: Michigan, Vermont, Iowa, North Dakota, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Colorado, New York, Kansas, Indiana, Mississippi, Kentucky, Georgia, Arkansas or South Dakota- you can make a huge difference in [...]
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During Lent, Catholic Relief Services and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops encourage you to participate in weekly ‘tiny retreats’ — or five-minute reflections — to better lead you to solidarity with your brothers and sisters around the world. Among those who work for social change, healthy zeal can easily be accompanied by impatience. [...]
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At the heart of social justice is the skill of analysis. It is not enough to know that people are hungry, for example. It is essential to know why and to build a response that embraces the complexities of culture, class and community. Opting for the poor means being educated by people in poverty about [...]
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Last July, when South Sudan was established as the world’s newest nation, the world was full of hope for the future of the Sudanese people. But now, less than a year later, the long-term peace and stability of Sudan and South Sudan are at a critical juncture. As Pope Benedict XVI said earlier this year, [...]
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Representatives of the U.S,. Catholic bishops and Catholic agencies that serve the poor are urging Congress to pass a Farm Bill that aids the hungry, both here and around the world, and uses scarce subsidy resources for farmers who most need them. In a letter to the leaders of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, representatives [...]
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During Lent, Catholic Relief Services and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops encourage you to participate in weekly ‘tiny retreats’-or five-minute reflections-to better lead you to solidarity with your brothers and sisters around the world. Catholics Confront Global Poverty ‘Tiny Retreat’ Instructions: Before reading the reflection, take a few moments to breathe slowly and [...]
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