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March 21, 2013
Pope Francis' Call, Our Response
This past month, the Catholic world marked its first year walking in the faith with Pope Francis. In 1 short year, he's been celebrated for his words and his actions, both inside and outside the Church, renewed the call of the Gospel and brought deep meaning to the mission of Catholic Relief...More
March 13, 2013
Every Day Is World Water Day
I was thirsty and you gave me drink…. Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.
—Matthew 25:35, 25:40
Each day, 783 million people do not have access to clean water. By supporting Catholic Relief Services, you're...More
March 7, 2013
Double Blessings in Burkina
The first child I meet at the Blessed John Paul II Center in Yalgo, Burkina Faso, is Adama. He seems inquisitive, so I pick him up and place him on my lap. Adama and I examine each other as Sister Pauline Drouin tells us about the clinic's services and procedures....More
February 27, 2013
Thank You, Holy Father
As Pope Benedict XVI ends his pontificate, Catholic Relief Services offers our thanks for his years of Church leadership and, in particular, the gift of his encyclicals ...More
September 24, 2012
Keyhole Gardens Unlock Healthy Diets
They are such simple things—variations on the type of small vegetable plots many of us have in our own backyards—yet keyhole gardens are having a profound effect on the lives of people in Lesotho, a small nation that's an "island" in the middle of South Africa.
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September 24, 2012
Remember Your Locavores!
Locavore: It's the term coined in the United States to describe folks who strive to eat only locally grown food.
Locavores carefully source their food—both to sustain their local agricultural community and to help cut down on the environmental effects of trucking food long...More
May 21, 2012
East Timor: Planting for Children
Care of the smallest children in East Timor often falls to mothers. They wipe runny noses and labor over cooked-from-scratch meals, and meet the youngest children's needs while attending to demands from older siblings. Fathers also provide some of this direct care, but it's a rare enough...More
January 23, 2012
'All Ate and Were Satisfied'
Taking the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he said the blessing, broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, who in turn gave them to the crowds. They all ate and were satisfied….
—Matthew 14: 19-20...More
December 1, 2010
Love and Forgiveness After Rwanda Genocide
Jeanne's Sinunuayabo's oldest sons and husband were killed in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The killer of her sons was her friend and neighbor.More
October 11, 2010
Sri Lanka's Abused Maids
"I was ironing and one of the little girl's dresses got burned," says Daya*, a Sri Lankan woman working as a live-in maid for a wealthy family in Kuwait. Daya knew "Madam"—the wife of the house and her employer—would be furious. And she was: Madam took the iron and burned Daya on her wrist and...More
