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Humanitarian aid
Vatican’s Good Friday Holy Land Collection to Aid Humanitarian Efforts in Gaza
The Vatican has overseen the Pontifical Collection for the Holy Land since 1974. Last year it raised more than $7 million.
Needs in Gaza "immense," aid "meager and inconsistent": UN Refugee Director
The U.N. said Sunday that “thousands of desperate people” had “stormed U.N.-operated warehouses” and other aid distribution centers in the Gaza region.
Catholic Priest from Ukraine Gives Pope Francis Cross Made out of War Rubble
Father Vyacheslav Grynevych vividly remembers the first day of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine one year ago.
Ukrainian Soldier Appeals to Pope Francis to Help Save People of Mariupol, a Besieged City
Major Serhiy Volyna, who has been leading the 36th marine brigade in the battle for the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, pleaded with the pope to help do something to safely evacuate people from the city.
Hackers Interrupt Catholic Charity’s Online Press Conference on Ukraine
Speakers were drowned out by a stream of obscenities.
Humanitarian Aid to Ethiopia’s Tigray Region “severely affected”, Not Suspended: Bishops
Catholic Bishops in Ethiopia have, in a September 2 statement, clarified that the humanitarian support channeled to Tigray region has not been suspended.
Catholic Bishop in DRC Appeals for Humanitarian Aid for Displaced amid Volcanic Eruptions
Humanitarian assistance is being sought for the hundreds of thousands displaced persons after the volcanic eruptions from Mount Nyiragongo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) forced residents of the Eastern city of Goma to flee “in all directions.”
Pope Francis Engages President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita of Mali on Sahel Crisis
A statement released by the Vatican Press Office on Thursday, February 13 revealed that Pope Francis received in audience, in the Apostolic Palace, the President of the Republic of Mali, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and that the two discussed, among other subjects, the humanitarian and security issues in the West African country.
Bishops in Kenya Appeal for Humanitarian Aid to People Affected by Floods, Landslides
Following the devastation occasioned by unprecedented torrential rains in parts of Kenya with the Government Spokesman giving Thursday, November 28 statistics of 118 deaths, 350,000 people displaced, and 16,700 houses destroyed across 32 counties in a span of two months, Catholic Bishops in the East African country have issued an appeal for humanitarian aid to save lives.
