“Millions will die”, Catholic humanitarian organisations warn, if halt in US aid continues

United States RNS As the Trump administration put a 90-day hold on foreign aid payments in order to look for what it termed wasteful spending, leaders of Catholic aid groups are warning that even short delays will result in the deaths among aid recipients, as well as breaks in significant help being offered Sudanese threatened […]
USAID freeze: Christian aid groups weigh life-threatening choices about who to help

TIFFANY STANLEY, of Associated Press, reports on the tough decisions facing non-profits after the Trump administration froze most foreign aid and sidelined the US Agency for International Development…
Essay: Trump isn’t defending religious communities – he’s waging war on them

Rev PAUL BRANDEIS RAUSHENBUSH, president and CEO of Interfaith Alliance in the US, says the Trump administration is already the most harmful to religious freedom in modern American history…
Essay: USAID – The best of bipartisan and faithful work now nearly lost

Former Biden administration USAID official, ADAM NICHOLAS PHILLIPS, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says it is perplexing to hear Vice President JD Vance champion faith-based aid initiatives while, at the same time, funds for efforts like these are literally being turned off…
Aid freeze: Faith-based refugee groups face furloughs after Trump halts program, refuses to reimburse work

JACK JENKINS and ALEJA-HERTZLER-MCCAIN, of Religion News Service, report on the impacts of the Trump administration’s decisions surrounding refugees and foreign aid…
Essay: How clean water and faith go hand-in-hand

In an article first published on Religion News Service, SUSAN BARNETT, founder of Faiths for Safe Water, says clean water is a conduit of care and love…
“Situation worsening”: In Haiti, a crisis of violence, chaos, and cholera goes largely ignored by outside world

BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service reports that charities do what they can to help the impoverished nation, but international action is needed to bring order and restore infrastructure, experts on the ground say…
“More difficult than ever”: US faith groups curb Haiti work due to chaos, 2021 kidnapping

PETER SMITH and DAVID CRARY, of Associated Press, report on the impact the deteriorating situation in Haiti is having on US-based Christian aid and relief groups operating there…
In America, Catholics, Hispanics, young people most likely to voice climate concerns – survey

United States RNS Catholics and Hispanics are among the most concerned in the US about the impact of climate change, with Gen Z and millennials more likely to take collective action on the matter, according to a new survey commissioned by the international humanitarian agency Catholic Relief Services. While a majority of Americans (81 per […]
Catholic aid is helping returned African migrants counter hunger, COVID-19

Harare, Zimbabwe Religion Unplugged Catholic organisations are stepping up efforts to assist migrants returning to Africa as southern African countries – including Zimbabwe, Zambia, South Africa and Malawi – relax COVID-19 restrictions and open up land borders. In some countries, strict lockdowns worsened hunger and joblessness, threatening asylum seekers and citizens returning from abroad with […]