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FaithFaith and Reason
James F. Keenan, S.J.
A cosmopolitan stance—one that values other cultures while treasuring the unique gifts of one's own—is a necessary one in a world where Donald Trump is destroying the venturing spirit and generosity of the American people.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
With the Gaza death toll rising and entire families obliterated as Israeli forces seek to strike diminishing numbers of Hamas targets, more impassioned appeals for an end to the violence have come from ecclesial and political leaders from around the world.
Children play at the Nyumbani Children's Home, which cares for over 100 children with HIV whose parents died of the disease and provides them with housing, care and PEPFAR-supplied anti-retroviral drugs in Nairobi, Kenya, on Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Luke Messac
The longer PEPFAR remains hobbled, the greater the number of patients who will suffer the terrifying consequences of stopped treatment—a kind of reverse Lazarus effect.
FaithNews
Kate Scanlon - OSV News
Amid funding uncertainty, CRS submitted testimony to congressional lawmakers about how Catholic teaching can help form a new path forward on U.S. aid.
Chinese rescue workers stand at the site of a collapsed building in Mandalay, Myanmar, March 31, 2025, in the aftermath of a strong earthquake that struck three days earlier. People in Myanmar are in desperate need of humanitarian supplies and medical support as the death toll from the devastating earthquake that rocked central Myanmar continues to rise. (OSV News/Reuters)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
“Hospitals are overwhelmed, and people are sleeping out on the streets, anywhere they can, in fields and playgrounds and religious compounds.”
A Catholic Relief Services worker distributes shelter material to a woman in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, March 21, 2024, displaced by the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. (OSV News photo/Mohammad Al Hout for CRS)
Politics & SocietyThe Weekly Dispatch
Kevin Clarke
Musk’s federal takeover produced significant collateral damage. Catholic Relief Services, the U.S. church’s global humanitarian relief and development agency, had been U.S.A.I.D.’s biggest faith-based international partner.