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Saint Spotlight: Maximilian Kolbe
As we gaze on a world of refugees, stateless and endangered, in search of asylum, it is hard for the Catholic mind not to turn back to St. Maximilian Kolbe.More
Helping Syrian Refugees: By the Numbers
After six years of conflict, Syrian refugees need your help now more than ever.More
Translators Help Refugees Navigate Strange Lands
As the chief translator for Catholic Relief Services in Serbia, Kemal El Shairy, 28, is on the frontlines of our humanitarian response to the European refugee crisis.
A Ph.D. student in international relations at the University of Belgrade, El Shairy’s days are now spent trying to help...More
Help for Colombian Refugees in Ecuador
Catholic Relief Services partners with the Scalabrini Mission to help refugee families resettle with dignity.More
Colombian Refugees in Ecuador
The world has taken little notice of the thousands of people who have left Colombia because of conflict and violence.More
Rebuilding Businesses in Ukraine
A new Catholic Relief Services project helps displaced workers restart livelihoods disrupted by conflict.More
A CRS Summer Camp for Syrian Refugees Helps Kids be Kids
Through an annual summer camp run out of their center in Lebanon’s remote Bekaa Valley, the Congregation of our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd Sisters succeeds at providing Syrian refugee children with a safe space for them to play, learn, and heal.More
Coming to the Aid of Refugees One Patient at a Time
Catholic Relief Services doctor Katarina Mitrovic of Serbia talks about what it’s like to respond to the European refugee crisis.More
Syrian Refugees Test Debit Card Aid
For many Americans, debit cards have almost replaced money for everyday purchases.
Now they might do that for thousands of Syrian refugees and Jordanians impacted by the refugee influx.
Catholic Relief Services and Caritas Jordan are providing about 1,800 people with rental...More
