Sean Callahan, CRS executive vice president for overseas operations, recently traveled to South Sudan to witness first-hand the state of the new nation and Catholic Relief Services’ work there. Here are some of his reflections on peace and the role of the Church: When South Sudan gained independence from its northern neighbor last year, it [...]
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By Robin Fieser The Pope arrives in Havana on Tuesday and the old city’s cobblestone streets are teeming with camera-toting tourists eagerly awaiting his arrival. Hotel lobbies are bustling, restaurants are hopping, and a fleet of 1950s American cars cruises up and down Havana’s main streets shuttling tourists from one sight to the next. Far [...]
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Catholic students in Timor-Leste pray at the kick-off march for a three and a half month long campaign, led by CRS and the local Catholic Church, for peaceful national elections. Photo by Darren Hercyk/CRS By Darren Hercyk During the first week of Lent, Catholic Relief Services in East Timor, along with the Catholic Justice and [...]
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Tamil children learn letters, numbers, songs and dances at a preschool in northwest Sri Lanka. Jesuit Refugee Services runs several such preschools with funding from Catholic Relief Services. Photo by Laura Sheahen/CRS By Laura Sheahen, “When the bombing was bad, we didn’t go to school. We were in the bunker,” says 10-year-old Anthony.* “I put [...]
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Nothing is as essential to survival as water, and although nearly a billion people lack access to it, you are helping CRS bring clean water to those in need each day. Photo by David Snyder for CRS Every March 22, we observe World Water Day. It’s great that there is a day dedicated to talking [...]
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A camp for internally-displaced persons in Somalia. Photo courtesy of a local CRS partner CRS is working through local partners in Somalia as it begins to recover from a devastating drought. Here is a post from a member of one of them. For security reasons, we cannot identify the blogger or the partner. The first [...]
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A camp for internally-displaced persons in Somalia. An estimated 1.5 million Somalis have been displaced within the country due to drought, famine and war. Photo courtesy of a local CRS partner CRS is working through local partners in Somalia as it begins to recover from a devastating drought. Here is a post from a member [...]
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By, Bishop Gerald Kicanas, Chair, Catholic Relief Services’ Board of Directors Later this month, I have the privilege of traveling with several other brother bishops from the United States to join our Holy Father on his visit to Cuba. Pope Benedict XVI follows in the footsteps of his predecessor John Paul II, the first pontiff [...]
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Women carry cut cassava back to their village. Because of the LRA, some residents in northeastern DRC are afraid to walk on the roads to their fields. Photo by Carl Walsh for CRS. Reported by Helen Blakesley Kony 2012—the video made by the charity Invisible Children to highlight the violent actions of the Lord’s Resistance [...]
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In the past week, there has been a viral web reaction to the Kony 2012 video and its campaign to stop the violence of Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistence Army. In response to questions on how Catholics should respond, we offer these thoughts: The video calls for Kony to be captured and brought to [...]
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