Trump’s memorandum directed the U.S. secretary of state “to implement a plan to extend the Mexico City Policy to ‘global health assistance furnished by all departments or agencies.'”
Humanitarian Aid
Posted inLast Take, Politics & Society
We can, and must, defeat famine in Africa
Famine has already been declared in parts of South Sudan; Nigeria, Yemen and Somalia are on the brink of it.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Video
America interviews Franklin Graham
The often controversial evangelical leader Franklin Graham speaks to Father Matt Malone about his new documentary and the Gospel’s mandate to care for the poor and refugees.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
As Trump cuts foreign aid, three African countries are on the brink of famine
The world’s largest humanitarian crisis in 70 years has been declared in three African countries on the brink of famine.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Carolyn Woo: Four ways we can strengthen humanitarian aid
The four “S’s” call us to be worthy of the privilege of serving the brothers and sisters God entrusts to our care.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Pope Francis calls on President Trump to care for the poor and the outcast
Francis wrote, “our human family is beset by grave humanitarian crises demanding farsighted and united political responses.”
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Migrants around the world seek dignity and safety
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.
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.