What is Ken Hackett's Favorite Parable?
November 30, 2011
Find the answer to this and many other questions asked of Ken Hackett, who is retiring after four decades at Catholic Relief Services. Read the transcript of today’s Live Chat with Ken.
As Holidays Approach, Catholic Aid Agencies Encourage Generosity
November 22, 2011
EWTN highlights Catholic Relief Services and Catholic Charities USA in their article on holiday giving to Catholic charitable organizations: Officials with Catholic charities and relief agencies have asked people to remember both the needs of the poor at home and those facing humanitarian disasters overseas. Generosity is “so central to our faith,” said Tom Price, [...]
Pope Benedict XVI: Africa Can Teach Authentic Values to the World
November 21, 2011
The Vatican Information Service reports on the farewell remarks of Pope Benedict XVI Sunday as he departed Benin after a two-day pastoral visit, in which he held up Africa as an exemplar to all of humanity. “Here are found authentic values which have much to teach our world; they need only to spread and blossom [...]
Bishop Gainer of Lexington, KY: Don't Balance U.S. Budget on World's Impoverished
November 19, 2011
The Lexington Herald-Leader published an op-ed by Lexington Bishop Ronald Gainer in Saturday’s edition urging Congress to preserve poverty-focused international assistance in the U.S budget. Congress is nearing a vote on the federal budget with profound moral implications: Drastic cuts proposed for poverty-focused international humanitarian and development assistance will harm people around the world. Many [...]
Key Ideas and Summary of 'Africae Munus' (the Pledge for Africa)
November 19, 2011
The Vatican Information Service has released a summary of the key ideas in Africae Munus (the Pledge for Africa), the Post-Synodal Exhortation from the 2009 Synod for Africa. Pope Benedict XVI signed the document in a ceremony today at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Ouidah, Benin. The summary was prepared by Archbishop Nicola Eterovic, [...]
CRS World Report: Haiti Eggs
November 18, 2011
Eggs are a staple food in Haiti, but no one is eating Haitian eggs. (Week of Nov. 14, 2011)
Pope Benedict Arrives in Benin
November 18, 2011
Vatican Radio has posted an English translation of the remarks of Pope Benedict XVI delivered (in French) on his arrival in Benin. Here is an excerpt, in which he sounds the themes he’ll focus on during his 48-hour pastoral visit. Modernity need not provoke fear, but neither can it be constructed by neglecting the past. [...]
UN Report: Climate Change Means More Frequent Droughts, Floods to Come
November 18, 2011
A United Nations panel issued a report today predicting that the global increase in average temperature will lead to more frequent and more severe natural disasters, particularly heatwaves leading to drought and heavy downpours causing massive flooding. Climate change will make the drought and flooding events that have battered the United States and other countries [...]
Papal Visit to Benin – CRS' Christophe Droeven on Church's Work with the Poor
November 17, 2011
Pope Benedict XVI is set to visit the small West African nation of Benin on Friday, on his second visit to the continent. Benin represents a success story for Catholicism and its extraordinary growth in Africa – an increase of almost 7,000 per cent during the 20th century. CRS spoke with Benin country representative Christophe [...]
Sister Helps Bring Peace to Former Child Soldiers in Uganda
November 17, 2011
CRS’ Sister Pauline Acayo of Uganda spoke to the Catholic Review about how the Church continues address conflict and help child soldiers. “The Catholic Church has been very strong – they don’t shy away,” Sister Pauline said. “They go on the radio, hand out press releases and flyers telling about the things going on there. [...]