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This weekend’s G8 meeting at Camp David will be held a stone’s throw from CRS World Headquarters in Baltimore. CRS President & CEO Carolyn Woo writes in the Baltimore Sun that these world leaders must address the needs of the … Continue reading →

Representatives of Caritas Internationalis, the global confederation of Catholic humanitarian and social service agencies (including Catholic Relief Services), are meeting  this week in Rome. Sean Callahan, executive vice president of overseas operations, is representing CRS. The delegates had the opportunity … Continue reading →

Since 2003, CRS Afghanistan has been expanding learning opportunities for children in isolated rural communities. CRS helps these communities provide basic education to children who don’t have access to formal, government-supported schools. Roughly 12,400 students (60 percent girls) attend these … Continue reading →

Our new Pin-a-Prayer feature on Pinterest had been up literally for minutes this afternoon when the folks at Catholic News Service noticed and put it on their blog: Social media craze Pinterest gets a loftier purpose Posted on May 9, … Continue reading →

Scott Campbell, who directed the CRS disaster response in Banda Aceh, Indonesia following the Indian Ocean tsunami, worked for five years to complete the reconstruction plan, and then decided it was time to pursue a graduate degree. He enrolled in … Continue reading →

Bishop Robert Guglielmone of the Diocese of Charleston, S.C., has an op-ed in this morning’s edition of the Post and Courier urging Congress to preserve poverty-focused international assistance programs in the federal budget. I do not envy our elected officials … Continue reading →

We love it when we hear about creative ways students use to raise money and engage with CRS. Today, we’d like to share two examples that were covered by local community newspapers. This year for a Lenten project, students and … Continue reading →

Editors: You are most welcome to use this CRS column in your publications. This version appeared on the website for the Diocese of St. Augustine, Fla., and they used examples specific to their diocese. For more information, or for photos … Continue reading →

Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas, CRS Board Chair, has an article in the latest issue of America magazine on his recent to Cuba as part of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops delegation for the pastoral visit of Pope Benedict XVI. … Continue reading →

Sean Callahan, CRS’ executive vice president for overseas operations, recently returned from a trip to South Sudan and shares his insights on the escalating conflict in the region in an interview with Currents, a news program on the Diocese of … Continue reading →

The prestigious medical journal The Lancet features an article on the challenges facing the health care system in the new nation of South Sudan as it deals with hostilities with Sudan, the country that until recently it was a part … Continue reading →

On the Huffington Post By Carolyn Woo As anyone who has tried to hold a cookout in the summer knows, mosquitoes are inventive and resilient pests, requiring significant resourcefulness if you are going to keep them from spoiling the fun. … Continue reading →

Dr. Carolyn Woo, president & CEO of Catholic Relief Services, will be the featured speaker at this year’s graduate commencement of the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame, where she served as dean before joining CRS. … Continue reading →

From the Catholic News Service, via U.S. Catholic: WASHINGTON (CNS) — Saying civilian lives are at risk, Catholic leaders appealed to the international community to step up efforts to prevent full-scale war from erupting over disputed territory along the tenuous … Continue reading →

Helen Blakesley, CRS’ regional information officer for West Africa, recently attend a CRS information and communications technology summit in Rwanda and writes this dispatch, which is featured today on the ONE Blog. ONE is the antipoverty advocacy organization co-founded by … Continue reading →

Our Sunday Visitor features an article on the Kony 2012 phenomenon and focuses on the work CRS has been doing for years in northen Uganda with the victims of the Lord’s Resistance Army, as well as ongoing programs in the … Continue reading →

Fr. David Garcia, Senior Advisor for Clergy Outreach for Catholic Relief Services, has a column in the San Antonio Express-News about the hope of the Easter Season and some hopeful news about global poverty: In 2005 I was visiting London … Continue reading →

A report from the web newspaper In2EastAfrica on the CRS ICT4D (ICT for Development) Conference in Rwanda. ICT officials from different countries are converging here in Kigali for a high level conference on the role of ICT in sustainable national development. Participants … Continue reading →

Fr. Robert Reed, host of This is the Day on Catholic TV a 24/7 network that broadcasts from the Boston area, interviews CRS President & CEO Carolyn Woo. Watch it Here.

Jason Beaubien of National Public Radio reports on Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Mexico, where he is expected to address the drug violence that has wracked the country in recent years. Pope Benedict XVI begins a visit Friday that takes … Continue reading →