Press Releases from Catholic Relief Services

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Press Releases are available from the following years:

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Showing entries 1 to 15 of 158 records.

Catholic Relief Services Fights Hunger in Madagascar

July 01, 2009, Baltimore, MD

CRS Leads $85 Million USAID Food Security Initiative

CRS Supports Roadmap Legislation that Addresses Global Hunger and Promotes Food Security

June 17, 2009, Baltimore, MD

CRS supports a bill introduced by Reps. McGovern and Emerson that addresses global hunger and promotes food security.

Egan Award for Journalistic Excellence Winners Announced

June 10, 2009, Baltimore, MD

Catholic Relief Services Honors Outstanding Catholic Journalists

Catholic Relief Services Applauds Pres. Obama's Call for Peace in the Holy Land

June 04, 2009, Baltimore, MD

CRS urges the Obama Administration to pursue a two state solution for Middle East peace.

CRS Continues to Aid Drought-Affected Ethiopians Via $50 Million in Additional Food Relief From U.S. Government

May 14, 2009, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

New Shipments of Emergency Food to Stave Off Hunger as Drought Continues

Catholic Relief Services to Distribute 2.8 Million Treated Mosquito Nets in Niger

April 23, 2009, Dakar, Senegal

The Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria donates more than $37 million to the cause

Climate Change and Coffee

April 22, 2009, Baltimore, MD and Waterbury, VT

CRS and Partner Win $200,000 Grant from Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc.

CRS Launches Holistic, Market-Based Approach to Agricultural Development at Apr. 20 Symposium

April 16, 2009, Washington, D.C.

CRS will launch a new 5-year agricultural strategy that adopts a holistic, market-based approach to increase the incomes of farm families.

CRS Life-Saving Food Aid Aboard Hijacked Vessel

April 09, 2009, Baltimore, MD

Commodities bound for 8,000 orphans and others in Rwanda

Catholic Relief Services Offers Assistance to Italy's Earthquake Victims

April 08, 2009, Baltimore, MD

Donations collected on behalf of Caritas Italiana

Joan Rosenhauer Appointed New CRS Executive Vice President for U.S. Operations

March 26, 2009, Baltimore, MD

Rosenhauer joins CRS from USCCB

Where There Is No Tap to Turn On: Why Clean Water Is Vital to Saving Lives

March 17, 2009, Baltimore, MD

Catholic Relief Services Marks World Water Day

CRS Joins a Large Humanitarian Coalition in Launching a Roadmap to End Global Hunger

February 24, 2009, Washington, D.C.

Ken Hackett joins more than 30 humanitarian organizations in calling for a new comprehensive plan for the U.S. government to end global hunger.

Catholic Relief Services and U.S. Bishops Join Forces to Launch Nationwide Initiative to Combat Global Poverty

February 23, 2009, Washington, D.C.

Initiative calls upon Catholics to act and advocate

Ken Hackett Congratulates Archbishop Dolan on his Appointment to Lead the New York Archdiocese

February 23, 2009, Baltimore, MD

Ken Hackett's statement on the appointment of Archbishop Timothy Dolan as the next Archbishop of New York