Press Releases from Catholic Relief Services

December 21, 2007, Baltimore, MD

This month we mark the third anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami that struck in the early morning the day after Christmas 2004.

December 13, 2007, Washington, D.C.

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) President Ken Hackett testified today before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

November 29, 2007, Baltimore, MD

As we commemorate World AIDS Day, I am struck by how our outlook has changed over the years that we have spent fighting this pandemic.

November 27, 2007, Baltimore, MD

Bishop Wester and Archbishop Sheehan to Serve Three-Year Terms

November 20, 2007, Barisal, Bangladesh

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and its partner Caritas Bangladesh anticipate reaching 57,700 people this week with emergency food.

November 20, 2007, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Ferries and traditional fishing boats have helped Catholic Relief Services (CRS)/Caritas manage food and emergency relief distributions in Bangladesh.

November 16, 2007, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) has committed an initial $50,000 to relief efforts across the cyclone-affected areas of Bangladesh as its partners' emergency field staff make their way to areas slammed by the super cyclonic storm.

November 02, 2007, Baltimore, MD

CRS commits an initial $1.5 million toward emergency relief and recovery for thousands affected storms in Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba.

November 01, 2007, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) has committed an initial $50,000 in relief efforts and is already mobilizing emergency supplies.

October 30, 2007, Baltimore, Md

Ken Hackett appointed to second term on the Board of the Millennium Challenge Corporation.

October 25, 2007, Washington DC

Sean Callahan, CRS executive vice president for overseas operations, testified on the need for sufficient food aid resources

October 18, 2007, Baltimore, MD

The president of Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is urging Congress to pass a Senate version of the Farm Bill that addresses the need for emergency food aid while also advancing food security through long-term development.

October 16, 2007, Baltimore, MD

On this commemoration of World Food Day, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is urging Congress to provide increased food aid funding to offset the recent sharp rise in the prices of essential commodities like wheat, corn and soybean oil.

October 09, 2007, Hanoi, Vietnam

Vietnam was still recovering from a typhoon that struck in early August when another hit last Wednesday, leading to days of torrential rains.

October 05, 2007, Nairobi, Kenya

Communities will feel effects of flooding for months; CRS gears up long-term response

October 02, 2007, Washington, D.C.

Sean Callahan, CRS executive vice president for overseas operations, testified on providing food aid for long-term development and emergencies before the House Committee on Appropriatiosn, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies.

September 21, 2007, Dakar, Senegal

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is preparing to assist victims of recent flooding in West Africa. Unrelenting rains that started in July have affected more than 500,000 people in 12 West African nations.

September 20, 2007, Baltimore, MD

What happens when the lives of people living in poverty around the world entwine with the lives of U.S. Catholics? With his new book Solidarity Will Transform the World: Stories of Hope from Catholic Relief Services, social justice author, Jeff Korgen, explores new ways of connecting people in the U

September 14, 2007, Bengkulu

With emergency staff reaching areas hit hardest by a series of earthquakes over the past 48 hours on the Indonesian Island Sumatra, relief supplies are on their way to those most affected.

September 13, 2007, Jakarta, Indonesia

On this first day of Ramadan, daylight hours and working phone lines shed light on the far-reaching impact of last night's earthquake at 7.9-magnitude which struck off the southern coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island. Catholic Relief Services (CRS) has committed an initial $50,000 to the earthquake

September 05, 2007, Baltimore, MD

Catholic Relief Services (CRS), in coordination with its local Caritas partners in Central America, has launched a response to Hurricane Felix aimed at helping the thousands of homeless and displaced in Honduras and Nicaragua. As the hurricane's path shifts, CRS staff in El Salvador are prepared

September 04, 2007, Baltimore, MD

The life and legacy of Mother Teresa is being remembered by many at Catholic Relief Services (CRS) as the tenth anniversary of her death on September 5 approaches.

August 29, 2007, Baltimore, MD

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) staff and partners in India are responding to an increase in water-borne illnesses in the state of Bihar on the Nepalese border, an area struggling to recover from the worst monsoon flooding in decades.

August 27, 2007, Baltimore, MD

As roads are repaired and communications restored, Catholic Relief Services (CRS), in coordination with its local Church partner, Caritas Peru, continues to deliver life-saving supplies to families affected by the worst earthquake to hit Peru in 30 years.

August 19, 2007, Baltimore, MD

With Hurricane Dean expected to touch land in Jamaica Sunday afternoon, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) has disaster relief experts on the ground, emergency supplies in hand and $50,000 on standby.

August 18, 2007, Baltimore, MD

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is committing an initial $100,000 toward relief efforts for thousands of people struggling in the aftermath of Peru's worst earthquake in more than 30 years.

August 16, 2007, Baltimore, MD

CRS field teams poised to deliver emergency medical care, shelter Baltimore, MD, August 16, 2007 - Catholic Relief Services (CRS) staff in Peru are rushing to assist survivors of the country's worst earthquake in more than 30 years. More than 450 people are reported dead, and over 1,500 othe

August 13, 2007, Baltimore, MD

Local students discuss peace building with CRS staff During a visit to the U.S., Burcu Munyas, a community development specialist with Catholic Relief Services (CRS) in Jerusalem, will meet with local high school students from the Seattle area to speak about the current humanitarian crisis in the

August 13, 2007, New Delhi

Relief efforts are underway to respond to the relentless, continued floods which have uprooted the lives of millions of people in India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan. The region's monsoon flooding is said to be the worst in many years.

August 08, 2007, New Delhi

Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services (CRS) today announced its increase in funding to $5 million for monsoon relief across South Asia. The initial funding will support relief efforts underway by CRS staff and partners in Pakistan, India, Nepal and Bangladesh.

August 07, 2007, EL GENEINA, West Darfur, Sudan

Catholic Relief Services is building temporary shelters for 750 families displaced by the ongoing conflict in Darfur, providing protection from heavy seasonal rains. Funded by the U.S. Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), these shelters are improving living standards for families residing i

August 06, 2007, New Delhi

August 7, 2007, New Delhi - Catholic Relief Services (CRS) today purchased 200 metric tons of high-energy fortified milk biscuits for distribution to 400,000 women and children in the Indian state of Bihar—an area already plagued by malnutrition before suffering massive damage from this week's monso

August 03, 2007, Baltimore, MD

Catholic Relief Services (CRS), the official international relief and development agency of the U.S. Catholic community, today announced its partnership with The Tech Museum Awards.

July 23, 2007, Baltimore, MD

CRS co-sponsors the 2007 National Catholic HIV&AIDS Ministry Gathering.

July 17, 2007, Baltimore, MD

Six local teachers are traveling to Kosovo as part of Catholic Relief Services' Frontiers of Justice Program.

July 12, 2007, Baltimore, MD

Catholic Relief Services Humanitarian Aid Workers Available for Interview

July 11, 2007, Baltimore, MD

The head of Catholic Relief Services (CRS) humanitarian programs in Vietnam will highlight the continued need for economic and social development in Vietnam.

July 05, 2007, Islamabad, Pakistan

Major issues and recommendations in the assessment focused on immediate shelter, water and hygiene, food and education support for an estimated 50 percent of this area of Balochistan's population,

July 02, 2007, Islamabad, Pakistan

Initial assessments reveal water-borne illness caused by days of heavy rainfall and flooding in southern Pakistan.

June 28, 2007, Lusaka, Zambia

U.S. support helps CRS and its partners reach 12,700 Zambians affected by HIV

June 27, 2007, Baltimore, MD

Church leaders, scholars and peace advocates from around the world are gathering this week in Colombia to discuss solutions for achieving a just and lasting peace

June 20, 2007, Syria, Lebanon

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) will provide assistance to Iraqi refugees living in Syria and Lebanon, thanks to nearly $2 million dollars from the US Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, and more than half a million dollars in private funds.

June 12, 2007, Baltimore, MD

Catholic Relief Services offers its congratulations to Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga, the newly elected president of Caritas Internationalis, and Lesley-Anne Knight, who is the first female secretary general of the confederation.

June 07, 2007, Baltimore, MD

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) announced today it has been awarded a $4.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to help improve labor law compliance in the six Central American countries and the Dominican Republic that signed the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR).

May 30, 2007, Baltimore, MD

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) commends President Bush’s proposal to extend and expand the President’s Emergency Program for AIDS Relief

May 24, 2007, Brooklyn, NY

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) today announced the winners of the 2007 Egan Award for Journalistic Excellence Competition, honoring the work of journalists who have written about humanitarian and social justice issues for Catholic publications in the United States.

May 24, 2007, Washington, D.C.

CRS Official Urges Congress to Preserve US Long-Term Development Food Aid Initiatives That Fight Chronic Hunger

May 10, 2007, Washington, D.C.

CRS official offers proposals to preserve us long-term development food aid initiatives that fight chronic hunger.

May 07, 2007, Baltimore, MD

The United States can make a positive contribution to peace in Colombia by shifting the balance of aid toward sustainable development, the defense of human rights and assistance for the millions of innocent Colombians who have been forced from their homes.

May 03, 2007, Baltimore, MD

Only a dramatic change in the political situation –- initiated by active U.S. engagement in the peace process –- can help alleviate suffering in the Holy Land and protect human dignity.

May 01, 2007, Baltimore, MD

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) has earned a 2007 Aurora Gold Award for its “Water for Life” video, which explores why more than one billion people do not have adequate access to clean water.

April 26, 2007, Baltimore, MD

Catholics Urged To Combat Global Poverty

April 02, 2007, Baltimore, MD

Catholic Relief Services stands ready to commit an initial $100,000 to aid emergency relief operations in the Solomon Islands after a powerful earthquake sent a tsunami that flooded several villages and killed more than a dozen people.

March 21, 2007, Baltimore, MD

Drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis are rendering inexpensive drugs useless and putting aid workers and their patients at greater risk of dying from the deadly disease, a Catholic Relief Services (CRS) health advisor will tell a Congressional panel today.

March 14, 2007, Baltimore, MD

CRS’ funding of $350,000 is supporting its partners—Caritas Sri Lanka, Jesuit Refugee Service and Eastern Human & Economic Development Centre—as they reach out to more than 30,000 people with food, shelter, sanitation, clothing, counseling and educational support in the districts of Trincomalee, Bat

March 13, 2007,

After a recent trip to Israel, Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick calls for increased U.S. involvement to support a just peace in the Holy Land.

March 03, 2007,

In taking an integrated approach to fighting poverty, Catholic Relief Services has designated community health as one primary focus.

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