Canada’s bishops remain committed to the success of Development and Peace “as a Canadian, Catholic organization in communion with the Bishops and the universal Church”
Humanitarian Aid
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Catholic sisters (with M.D.s) are on the frontline in the fight against Covid-19 in India
During this second surge medical and support teams had no time to be anxious about themselves as scores of Covid-19 cases began arriving at Holy Family’s emergency room doors.
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As the Covid-19 crisis continues, Brazil’s elderly rely on the church’s pastoral outreach
The Pastoral da Pessoa Idosa (“Pastoral Care for Elderly Persons”) reaches 170,000 seniors all over Brazil. The efforts and interventions of the ministry’s workers are built around monthly home visits.
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The African priests brewing beer (and auctioning pigs) to keep their churches afloat amid Covid-19 crisis
Poverty is profound around with “hungry people…knocking at the parish gates” on a daily basis because of Covid-19.
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‘Pray for the people of India’: a country suffering ‘unimaginable’ Covid-19 outbreak
In one diocese nine priests and two women religious have been lost to Covid-19 just in April. The deceased clergy include four Jesuits.
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In Toronto, a young carpenter is building ‘tiny shelters’ for the homeless. The city isn’t happy.
When some people without housing opted to sleep outside in tents rather than accept the heightened risk at the shelters, 28-year-old carpenter Khaleel Seivwright came up with a creative solution to help them.
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‘If the rich hoard the vaccine, the pandemic will drag on’: Catholic health advocates urge the U.S. to take the lead on global distribution
“We will never get [the pandemic] under control here in the United States until we get it under control everywhere,” C.R.S.’s Sean Callahan said.
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When Italy struggled to settle refugees, privately-funded faith groups stepped up with a solution. The United States should do the same.
As the refugee crisis overwhelmed Europe, religious groups devised an alternative: private funding for resettlement. Two members of the Community of Sant’Egidio write that the Humanitarian Corridors model could work in the U.S.
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Delays, corruption and misinformation thwart Covid-19 vaccination efforts across Amazon region
Covid-19 immunization campaigns must overcome enormous difficulties in reaching remote indigenous groups, isolated riverside communities and the villages of quilombola people, the descendants of African slaves.
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Brazil plunges into Covid chaos while church fights the ‘hunger pandemic’
In Brazil under its Covid-19 lockdown: “At first, only the most vulnerable were starving, but the hunger queue is growing each day. It’s a hunger pandemic.”