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Catholic Relief Services and Jhpiego's Work in Kenya
Jhpiego and CRS partnered on a project in Nairobi, Kenya, where more than one million children have been orphaned by AIDS-related illnesses and 6.1% of the adult population is living with HIV, along with 200,000 children living with HIV. The CRS and Jhpiego project, called Support and Assistance...More
Catholic Relief Services Responds to ALL Report
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) has received the American Life League (ALL) Investigative Report on Grants by CRS for the fiscal year 2012 (Issued September 2013) and has carried out a thorough investigation of the information provided. Many of the organizations have been cited in previous...More
U.S. Based Organizations Who Received CRS Funds in 2013
CRS Responds to LifeSiteNews Article about Discussing Faith
This week, Lifesite News published an article accusing CRS of not being Catholic enough.
The article was based on quotes from CRS executive, Bill O’Keefe, who was interviewed in...More
CRS Responds to False Allegations about Kenya Program
Population Research Institute (PRI) and Lepanto Institute released a report making allegations against Catholic Relief Services (CRS). CRS takes all such allegations seriously. Our Catholic identity is the heart of our mission, and we are committed to ensuring that all our programming is...More
Catholic Relief Services Responds to Allegations of Shuga Video in Kenya
March 12, 2014 - Population Research Institute and the Lepanto Institute allege that Catholic Relief Services exposed teens to a video series promoting condom use in Kenya. After researching the allegations, we found the following involvement by CRS:
During year one of Support and...More
Response to Crisis Magazine Article
Stephen Phelan's March 18, 2015 Crisis Magazine article is the latest in a series of coordinated attacks by a small number of groups whose claims about CRS have proven to be misleading and inaccurate. This latest attack is more of the same, restating claims that have been addressed...More
FAQ Regarding CRS Activities and Relationships
- How does Catholic Relief Services uphold Catholic Identity? Are all CRS staff Catholic? CRS has an extensive educational program for staff worldwide about our Catholic identity and values. Required courses include Catholic Identity and Protecting Life and Protection, ...More
CRS Cares for Creation
Catholic Relief Services is playing an important role in reducing the impact of climate change on poor and...More
Bees Sweeten Village Relationships
Hundreds of angry bees swarm over the veiled face of Jean-Louis Mendy as he inspects several beehives in Niaguis village, in the Casamance region of Senegal.
Not long ago, it might have been members of neighboring communities angrily confronting Jean-Louis. But the bees are bringing the...More