Pope Francis has suspended the secretary-general and other top officers of Caritas Internationalis, appointing a temporary administrator to oversee improved management policies.
Humanitarian Aid
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vatican Dispatch
Interview: The world has forgotten about the war in Syria. Catholics have a responsibility to be Good Samaritans.
“When we think of Syria, there comes to mind the verse of the Book of Lamentations: ‘Vast as the sea is your ruin; who can heal you?’” Pope Francis said.
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
The U.S. must do more to help the Afghan people—even if that means working with the Taliban.
The New Taliban is about the same as the Old Taliban, but punishing the regime indiscriminately could push Afghanistan toward economic collapse and lead to another refugee crisis.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Catholic Relief Services C.E.O. on the alarming signs of our times: hunger, drought and war
Sean Callahan, president and C.E.O. of Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services, returned last month from tours and consultations with C.R.S. partners in Ukraine, Ghana and Ethiopia.
Posted inFaith, Interviews
Interview: Fra’ John Dunlap, Pope Francis’ pick for the Order of Malta’s new leader
Fra’ John Dunlap is one of the few professed religious of the Order of Malta and is the first North American to lead the Order as the lieutenant of the grand master.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis appeals for peace in Sri Lanka and assistance to its suffering people
The pope joined the Sri Lanakan Catholic bishops in an “appeal for peace” and to the country’s political leaders “not to ignore the cry of the poor and the needs of the people.”
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
The life of a priest in war-torn Ukraine
“The church of Odesa shares the pain of its inhabitants. The church is not a building; it is people,” said Archpriest Maximian Pogorelovskiy, a spokesperson for the Orthodox Diocese of Odesa.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
War, Covid-19 and climate change have collided to bring about another global crisis: hunger
Long before Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine, smaller conflicts have been displacing people and disrupting growing seasons and food markets around the world.
Posted inFaith, Speeches
James Martin, S.J.: Four lessons from my Jesuit ministry of walking with the excluded
James Martin, S.J., shares the lessons he learned as a young Jesuit about accompaniment.
Posted inFaith, Ideas
‘Francis in Iraq’: A new documentary explores what a historic papal trip meant for persecuted Christians
More about the Christians of Iraqi-Kurdistan and Nineveh than Pope Francis, the film highlights their gratitude by showing why it was so important to them that he visit Iraq.