The 15-year-old program has saved millions of lives around the world and prevented millions of new infections.
Humanitarian Aid
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5.9 earthquake rocks northern Haiti
A 5.9-magnitude earthquake rocked the Caribbean nation of Haiti Oct. 6, with authorities estimating 15 dead and 333 injured, the Associated Press reports.
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Trump’s decision to isolate Palestinians is threatening a humanitarian crisis
The United States is gutting the funding for the U.N. Relief and Works Agency, creating an instant humanitarian crisis for a region already overloaded with them.
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U.S. dioceses urged to have emergency collection for disaster relief
Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo urged bishops make this special appeal and that “we each take up the collection as soon as possible so that those most in need can receive assistance quickly.”
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Trump administration’s record-low refugee resettlement “contradicts who we are as a nation”
The announcement that the United States will cap its intake of refugees at 30,000 was swiftly denounced by Catholic leaders.
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A year after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico is still rebuilding
Congress has authorized one-third of the estimated $120 billion some estimate Puerto Rico will require for recovery.
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Irish singer Bono calls pope ‘extraordinary man for extraordinary times’
Bono met the pope Sept. 19 to sign an agreement between his charity, ONE, and the Scholas Occurentes educational charity supported by Pope Francis.
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Hurricane’s death toll in Puerto Rico put at nearly 3,000
Researchers reported that physicians and others told them that Puerto Rico’s government did not notify them about federal guidelines on how to document deaths related to a major disaster.
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The uncommon faith of a country decimated by Boko Haram
The militant Islamist group Boko Haram has decimated villages in northern Nigeria, but Catholic parishioners remain faithful and courageous.
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The church should rid its supply chains of links to modern slavery, says former Vatican ambassador
Forty million worldwide are believed to be caught in a trap of forced labor, including many millions who work in manufacturing, assembly, agriculture and food services.