An injured child receives medical attention after a bombing March 4 in Douma, Syria. Cardinal Mario Zenari, the apostolic nuncio in Syria, said "I have never seen so much violence as in Syria." In remarks March 9, he likened the situation to the 1994 Rwandan genocide. (CNS photo/Mohammed Badra, EPA)

Christian activists warn of slaughter of Syrian civilians in Afrin

by Dale Gavlak - Catholic News Service March 12, 2018

People in and around Afrin are facing the warplanes, tanks, artillery and other heavy weapons of NATO’s second-largest standing army, Turkey.

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Faith, News

Nuns fight child trafficking in coastal Kenya

by Lilian Muendo - Catholic News Service March 9, 2018

The area is known as a haven for sex tourism.

Dispatches, Politics & Society

Oxfam scandal provokes U.K. political debate on overseas aid

by David Stewart February 23, 2018

Recent allegations about one of the United Kingdom’s biggest and best-known charities has driven increased demands from some quarters that overseas aid be reduced, if not abolished completely.

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Politics & Society, Short Take

Are N.G.O.s in Haiti doing more harm than good?

by Margot Patterson February 22, 2018

Leaving Haiti should be a goal of every N.G.O.

James Knable helps to unpack copies of the President's FY19 Budget after it arrived at the House Budget Committee office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Feb. 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

News, Politics & Society

Trump’s budget proposal rejected by U.S. church leaders

by Kevin Clarke February 13, 2018

To the consternation of humanitarian, health and civic activists, the budget proposal includes deep cuts or restructuring of international aid and social service programs.

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Politics & Society, Short Take

How Trump’s unpredictable style is causing existential anxiety in Africa

by Meghan J. Clark February 13, 2018

The president’s apparent lack of knowledge about the U.S. immigration system and the complexities of Africa is especially concerning to anti-poverty volunteers.

Members of the Hispanic Federation participate in a Unity March in November 2017 in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington to highlight the ongoing humanitarian and natural disaster crisis in Puerto Rico. (CNS photo/Yuri Gripas, Reuters)

Dispatches, Politics & Society

Puerto Rico to receive $11 billion in disaster aid. Advocates warn it won’t be enough.

by J.D. Long García February 12, 2018

Some of the poorest parts of the island remain cut off from the transportation and energy infrastructure.

Archbishop Antonio Lopez Castillo of Barquisimeto, Venezuela, celebrates Mass on Jan. 28 at Santa Rosa Church in Barquisimeto. (CNS photo/Cody Weddle)

News, Politics & Society

‘Devils in a cassock’: Venezuela’s Maduro attacks church leaders

by Cody Weddle - Catholic News Service February 1, 2018

During his comments to the pro-government National Constituent Assembly Jan. 15, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro also ordered the attorney general to investigate the bishops for hate crimes.