While affluent nations step back from humanitarian relief and economic development assistance, the world is on the verge of reversing progress against global poverty.
Humanitarian Aid
Posted inShort Take
I’m a Catholic doctor in Sudan. We need international aid—at the grassroots level.
When local leaders are equipped and trusted, the impact of humanitarian aid is immediate, cost-effective and lasting.
Posted inLast Take
What we’ve lost by abandoning international aid
Millions of “the least of our sisters and brothers” will now suffer because of what we fail to do. Our indifference, when we can make a difference, betrays everything we hold most dear.
Posted inVatican Dispatch
Pope Leo says global hunger is a sign of ‘soulless economy’ and a ‘collective failure’
In a forceful speech on Oct. 16 to the general assembly of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, Pope Leo XIV called out the failure of the international community to eliminate hunger in today’s world and strongly denounced “the use of hunger as a weapon of war.”
Posted inThe Weekly Dispatch
Trump vs. the Vatican at the UN general assembly
Despite the growing American threats to withdraw, Vatican officials still perceive the United Nations as a fundamental instrument of world peace and justice seeking.
Posted inThe Weekly Dispatch
Global Catholic charity head brings the plight of the poor to the U.N.
Despite the year’s setbacks and geopolitical turmoil, there is still hope that the world community can address persisting challenges of poverty, armed conflict and climate change.
Posted inLast Take
Catholic Medical Mission Board’s leader on challenges facing nonprofits today
Nonprofit leaders are operating in a world turned upside down, but we can stay true to the call of the Gospel to serve others.
Posted inVatican Dispatch
World’s largest Catholic aid group calls for end of ‘man-made famine and assault’ in Gaza
Caritas Internationalis, one of the largest humanitarian organizations in the world, has denounced “the siege of Gaza” by Israel, which, the group said, “has become a machinery of annihilation, sustained by impunity and the silence, or complicity, of powerful nations.”
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US bishops’ president calls for special collection for Catholic aid groups in Gaza
The president of the U.S. bishops’ conference called for a special collection to bolster the Catholic Church’s response to a deepening humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip as the Israel-Hamas war continues to grind on.
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Madonna urges Pope Leo to visit Gaza ‘before it’s too late’
Addressing Pope Leo XIV, Madonna wrote: “Most Holy Father. Please go to Gaza and bring your light to the children before it’s too late. As a mother, I cannot bear to watch their suffering.”