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People are pictured in a file photo lining up to register to receive food during a distribution through the Catholic Relief Services Safety Net Program in Goro Gutu, Ethiopia. The U.S. Department of State announced June 5, 2026, that a $240 million grant in humanitarian and disaster response assistance -- the first of a series of such grants -- will be made to CRS, the overseas relief and development arm of the U.S. Catholic Church. (OSV News photo/David Snyder, Catholic Relief Services)

US State Department awards CRS a disaster response assistance grant

OSV News|Jun 8, 2026|2 Min Read

Heidi Villaluz, left, a parishioner at St. Camillus Center for Spiritual Care in Los Angeles, helps a Catholic Relief Services staff member at the Caminando por la Paz center in Guatemala prepare for a celebration for the children. (Heidi Villaluz)

LA Archdiocese’s CRS chapters urge greater Rice Bowl donations after US cuts

Tom Hoffarth|Mar 16, 2026|5 Min Read

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CRS rallies advocates, lawmakers against proposed long-term cuts to foreign aid

Gina Christian|May 19, 2025|6 Min Read

A village woman greets a Catholic Relief Services worker in Ipwizi, Tanzania, as CRS celebrates its 60th year of presence in Tanzania in March 2023. (OSV News/Carlos Barrio, Catholic Relief Services)

Catholic Relief Services: Cutting off aid threatens lives worldwide

Kate Scanlon|Mar 20, 2025|3 Min Read

A humanitarian aid worker is pictured in a file photo packing Catholic Relief Services relief supplies in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, for distribution to people displaced in war-torn Gaza. (OSV News photo/Mohammad Al Hout for CRS)

Amid aid cuts, US bishop urges Catholics to heed 'very urgent' CRS collection

Gina Christian|Mar 10, 2025|3 Min Read

In this undated photo, Msgr. Robert Coll, creator of the Rice Bowl Lenten initiative, speaks with youth during a Catholic Relief Services mission to African nations. Msgr. Coll started Rice Bowl in 1975 as a means of countering hunger while deepening campaign participants' faith. (OSV News photo/courtesy Archdiocese of Philadelphia/Al and Camille St. Pierre)

Amid U.S. foreign aid freeze, CRS' Rice Bowl could be in 'its strongest moment,' says founder

Gina Christian|Mar 6, 2025|5 Min Read

Workers distribute shelter kits assembled by Catholic Relief Services at a camp for survivors of the 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The Catholic Relief Services Collection takes place in many dioceses March 18-19, 2023, to support the U.S. church's work overseas. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)

CRS, Caritas warn of global impact of USAID shutdown

Gina Christian|Feb 12, 2025|5 Min Read

A boy is seen in a file photo with relief goods at a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) distribution center in Gaza City. The future of USAID has been called into question amid reports President Donald Trump had agreed to "shut down" the agency, which could have dramatic impacts on the poor and the groups assisting them. (OSV News photo/Shareef Sarhan, for Catholic Relief Services)

Future of USAID unclear as concern mounts over agency's ongoing tumult

Kate Scanlon|Feb 6, 2025|5 Min Read

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CRS official says agency has been unable to to get aid to southern Gaza Strip since May 6

Judith Sudilovsky|May 28, 2024|5 Min Read

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Pope to aid groups: Truly giving means expecting nothing in return

Justin McLellan|Mar 5, 2024|3 Min Read

Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez of Philadelphia greets Pope Francis at the end of the pope's weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square Oct. 12, 2022. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Philly prelate, leader in Hispanic ministry tapped to head bishop’s overseas charity

John Lavenburg|Nov 23, 2022|4 Min Read

The COP27 sign is displayed along a road leading to the conference area in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh as the city prepares to host the COP27 summit Nov. 6-18. (CNS photo/Sayed Sheasha, Reuters)

World

As COP27 begins, religious leaders, civil groups have a wish list

Doreen Ajiambo|Nov 6, 2022|4 Min Read

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