Catholic Charities USA and the Felician Sisters of North America have each contributed $1 million to a new fund to benefit people “in extreme danger of losing their homes this month.”
Humanitarian Aid
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Don’t wait until you’re dead. Giving while living is the most effective kind of philanthropy.
Chuck Feeney donated the last of his fortune this year, writes Mary Beth Powers of the Catholic Medical Mission Board, and set an example for others to act now rather than later.
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‘The situation is just devastating’: Central America left reeling from two storms in two weeks
“The situation is just devastating, and the needs are immense.”
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Hurricanes continue to batter Guatemala. Poverty (and poor government planning) are making things worse.
Guatemala’s vulnerability is natural disasters is compounded by climate change and historical inequities in land distribution—the poorest live in the most dangerous locations where many are threatened by mudslides.
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Joe Biden and Dr. Fauci praise the work of Jesuit Refugee Service
In a virtual event for J.R.S., Biden promised to increase the number of refugees resettled in the United States, and Dr. Fauci said the pandemic shouldn’t stop resettlement efforts.
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This Manchester United footballer is helping feed U.K.’s hungry schoolchildren. His opposition: Boris Johnson.
In England, Manchester United footballer Marcus Rashford has become a hero off the pitch after championing kids and families living in poverty, refusing to forget that his own background was not much different.
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Insurgency threatens Mozambique. The church is helping the most vulnerable.
“This war destabilized not only our region, but all of Mozambique,” said Luiz Fernando Lisboa, C.P., bishop of the Diocese of Pemba, the province’s capital. “The church’s role has been to help victims. But we must also speak out.”
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In Paraguay, church fights ‘hunger we have never experienced before’
“Our biggest problem is hunger; we are helping feed people who have watched their livelihoods evaporate with the pandemic,” said Father Rolón.
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World Food Program wins Nobel Peace Prize as hunger surges
The committee also said it hopes the prize will highlight the need to strengthen global solidarity and cooperation in an era of go-it-alone nationalism.
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Catholic Charities USA pledges to seek passage of new pandemic relief bill
“I’m extremely concerned about the food shortage and the inability of people to purchase food for their families or to pay their rents. To deprive them of their well-being and the well-being of their children in this time seems to me to be extremely cruel,” Sister Markham said.