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Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is the international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States.Founded in 1943 by the Bishops of the United States, the agency provides assistance to 130 million people in more than 110 countries and territories in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Eastern Europe.
James Joseph Norris, (1907-1976), was an American advocate for refugees and displaced people whose humanitarian work on their behalf was global in scope and spanned three decades, from his appointment as European Director of War Relief Services, (later Catholic Relief Services), in 1946, until his death on November 17, 1976.
The original version of this story misstated the amount of USAID funding Catholic Relief Services received in 2024. It was $476 million, not $476 billion. Contact us at letters@time.com.
Relief and recovery services are provided at the local level by Catholic Charities agencies across the country. These agencies provide critical services including emergency food, shelter, direct financial assistance, counseling, and support.
The Roman Catholic Church's worldwide charity arm sharply criticized President Donald Trump's cuts to U.S. foreign aid on Monday, saying his plans to end funding for relief agency USAID will have ...
The Miami nonprofit has set up a mutual-aid network called the Disaster Recovery Network, which is collecting donations to support the “collection and distribution of much-needed items including ...
CSAN is a federation of more than 50 different Catholic organisations in England and Wales working with a range of stakeholders, including children and families, homeless persons, migrants and refugees, severely and multiply disadvantaged people, young criminals, older people, persons suffering from addiction, and many others.
According to William Headley of (Catholic Relief Services), 1/3 of the persons living with AIDS in the world are treated with the help of the Catholic Church. According to sociologist Sébastien Fath, Evangelical churches and their respective NGOs develop an international humanitarian entrepreneurship that influences policy decisions. [26]