They had predicted rain for Wednesday morning, September 23, in Pittsburgh. But as Bishop William Winter, retired auxiliary bishop of Pittsburgh, and I sat in a meeting room overlooking the river, the sky was clear. This was a good thing because after the press conference of the G-20 Religious Leader’s Summit, we were going to [...]
Read the rest of this entry »As I’m driving from Washington DC to Pittsburgh, I find myself reflecting on my trip to New York City on September 20. There I gathered with Catholic bishops and lay leaders from Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa at a mass celebrated by Archbishop Timothy Dolan, the Archbishop of New York and chair of [...]
Read the rest of this entry »In the coming days, you’ll probably hear much about the United Nations Summit on Climate Change in New York and the G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh of leaders representing important industrial and emerging-market countries from around the world.
Read the rest of this entry »Since our launch in February 2009, we’ve reached more than a quarter of a million people through Catholics Confront Global Poverty. Together we have mobilized our family, friends, schools, parishes, colleges, dioceses and religious communities to learn about and share the stories of people struggling to rise above extreme poverty, to pray for the poorest members [...]
Read the rest of this entry »What compels you to confront global poverty? What actions have you or your community taken? Please share your story with us.
Read the rest of this entry »Optimistic.
Energetic .
Enthusiastic…
Our future leaders.
These are some phrases commonly used to describe youth in our society. Catholic Relief Services and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops have been privileged to witness the enthusiasm and inspiration of Catholic youth who believe that their faith calls them to make the world a better place for all of [...]
Please tell us which of the seven Catholics Confront Global Poverty issues of focus are you most interested in learning more about and why.
__ International Assistance
__ Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding
__ International Debt Relief
__ Global Trade and Agricultural Policies
__ Natural Resource Extraction
__ Migration
__ Climate Change
Since the late 1990’s, debt relief amounting to well over $100 billion has been committed to 33 poor countries, mostly in Africa and Latin America. Countries receiving debt relief have increased substantially their spending for education, health care and other investments directed at improving the lives of poor and vulnerable people. The most recent success [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The U.S. House and Senate recess for the month of August and members return to their home districts. The House is scheduled to recess on July 31 and the Senate is expected to follow on August 7. Both chambers return on September 8.
The August recess is an excellent time to schedule meetings with members in [...]
This week is the feast day of Mary Magdalene. Present at the Crucifixion and the first to see the risen Lord, Mary Magdalene surely understood the full range of human experience in a most profound way.
Working for CRS for 22 years has given me a taste of both the cruelty humans inflict on each other [...]
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