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Catholic Charities responds to Hurricane Beryl power outages and flooding
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Jul 8, 2024 / 19:15 pm After Hurricane Beryl hit Texas early Monday morning as a Category 1 hurricane, claiming two lives and causing power outages in 2.7 million homes in Houston, the head of a local branch of Catholic Charities providing relief told EWTN: “We …
Catholic Relief Services unable to provide aid to southern Gaza amid ongoing war
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, May 30, 2024 / 09:10 am A Catholic Relief Services (CRS) official told CNA this week that the organization has been unable to get humanitarian supplies through the southern Gaza Strip since early May and that it no longer has supplies in the warehouses in the …
Catholic Relief president on aid to Gaza: Let’s ‘get it going,’ ‘take care of these people’
By Joe Bukuras CNA Staff, Oct 20, 2023 / 10:10 am The president of Catholic Relief Services (CRS) this week said he was hoping for a quick reopening of border access to Gaza and deployment of aid to stricken civilians in the war-torn area. CRS on Wednesday repeated its call for “an end …
Helping Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria
On February 6, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake devastated large areas of central Turkey and northwest Syria. The death toll has surpassed 22,000 and continues to climb. The earthquake is the worst to strike Turkey this century. Later that day, the region experienced a second magnitude 7.7 quake. Across affected areas …
Catholic Charities helps to pick up the pieces after Hurricane Ian
by Edie Heipel, Jonah McKeown Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 30, 2022 / 13:00 pm Local and national Catholic Charities agencies are working to assess needs and provide aid after Hurricane Ian devastated Florida’s Gulf Coast this week, leading to what will likely be billions of dollars in damage and several confirmed …
USCCB, Catholic Charities ramp up efforts to welcome Afghan refugees
by Autumn Jones Denver Newsroom, Sep 23, 2021 / 15:01 pm Over the next several months, the USCCB and Catholic Charities locations across the U.S. will welcome upwards of 7,500 refugees from Afghanistan. The USCCB is one of nine resettlement networks in the United States, and it partners with 45 …
After another major hurricane, Central America needs ‘a helping hand’
Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Nov 18, 2020 / 12:33 pm MT (CNA).- With Hurricane Iota becoming the second major hurricane to hit Central America this November, relief agencies have tried to prepare for even more destruction and have appealed for donations and support from around the world. “Right now the world’s attention …
Hurricane Eta pounds Central America, Catholic Relief Services responds
CNA Staff, Nov 6, 2020 / 04:56 pm MT (CNA).- Catholic Relief Services is working to aid relief efforts for those impacted by Hurricane Eta, which tore through Central America this week, killing at least 100 and leaving thousands more displaced. “Catholic Relief Services is coordinating with Caritas Nicaragua and …
Typhoon Goni hits Philippines, compounding damage of storms and coronavirus
By Kevin J. Jones Denver Newsroom, Nov 5, 2020 / 10:28 am MT (CNA).- Typhoon Goni has hit the Philippines, killing several people and causing hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes as the country struggles to recover from two other recent major storms and the ongoing coronavirus …
Knights of Columbus donating $250,000 after Beirut explosion
CNA Staff, Aug 26, 2020 / 12:26 am MT (CNA).- The Knights of Columbus is donating $250,000 to aid relief efforts following a massive explosion in Beirut earlier this month. The donation includes funds for Caritas Lebanon, the St. Vincent de Paul Society, Telelumiere/Noursat Christian Television in the Middle East, …