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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.
Flowers and a sign reading "RIP USAID" are seen outside the headquarters of the U.S. Agency for International Development on Feb. 7 in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Robert Buckland
A scholarship program in Belize funded by U.S.A.I.D. gave me an incredible opportunity to change my life for the better. I saw it as proof that the United States was practicing love toward its neighbors.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Today, nearly 2.5 million children worldwide are fed by Mary’s Meals, a global movement founded by Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow.
Photo of red "help" phone attached to wall next to sign depicting a wheelchair and marked "Area of Refuge" (iStock/Johnrob)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Calli Leighann Cook
Even during ordinary times, a lack of inclusive transportation can mean missing essential health appointments; during an emergency such as the California wildfires, it can be fatal.