Efforts to respond to the global crisis of migration are straining budgets not only at humanitarian agencies like Catholic Relief Services but among nations near points of flight.
Humanitarian Aid
Posted inDispatches, Faith
In Christmas message, Pope Francis calls for peace
He prayed for people across the globe, and especially for the people of Aleppo.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Signs Of the Times
Church agencies prepare emergency response in Haiti
The death toll in Haiti had exceeded 370.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Catholic relief agencies respond to hurricane devastation in Haiti
Matthew ruins crops, destroys water treatment plants and leaves a climbing death toll in an already-poor nation.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton react to Mother Teresa’s canonization
Trump praised the saint’s “amazing life of charity and holiness” and Clinton recalled her work with the founder of the Missionaries of Charity.
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
The silent boy of Carradeux
Today on a hillside overlooking Port-au-Prince I met the boy who has no name Scratch that I rsquo m sure he has a name I just was unable to find it out He began following me soon after I arrived at a camp in the city rsquo s village of Carradeux a place where hundreds of families have lived si