By Carolyn Woo

Malaria is an enormous and tragic problem -- that can be beat.

It takes the life of a child every minute in Sub-Saharan Africa, and a million people die from malaria each year. It also stifles economic development, as malaria prevents children from attending school and adults...

By Jennifer Hardy

The planned withdrawal of U.S. and other international troops from Afghanistan in 2014 creates a crucial moment for that country. On this International Women's Day, we must recognize the need to preserve and advance the notable gains women have achieved over the past decade.

Traditionally, half...

By Peter Kimeu

Before the 2007 Kenyan elections we joked about politics amongst colleagues and neighbors in this most famous of East African nations. After the elections we could no longer look each other in the eyes. Our beloved Kenya had fractured along tribal lines leaving more than 600,000 displaced...

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By Helen Blakesley

It's not every day you're sent to a war zone. Well, maybe I'm exaggerating a little. I'm not behind the lines where the military operations are going on. But I am in a country where a state of emergency has been...

Originally published in the Baltimore Sun.

By Carolyn Woo

Like the rest of America, I will be tuning in Sunday to watch Baltimore's own Ravens play for the Vince Lombardi Trophy in Super Bowl XLVII. The Super Bowl has become a great American tradition. But there's another tradition...

In today's world, bad news about poverty, disease and disaster abounds. In the spirit of Thanksgiving, Catholic Relief Services offers another perspective. Good News -- For a Change highlights major strides in the fight against global poverty that are making a real difference in people's lives.

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By Michael Hill

Poverty is a complicated problem, its causes so multiple and interconnected that trying to solve it often seems like an impossible Rubik's Cube of a task.

But finding a solution to poverty is exactly what humanitarian groups like Catholic Relief Services try to do every day. Working...

By Michael Hill, Catholic Relief Services

Poverty is a complicated problem, its causes so multiple and interconnected that trying to solve it often seems like an impossible Rubik's cube of a task.

But finding a solution to poverty is exactly what humanitarian groups like Catholic Relief Services try to do...

By Paul Hicks

Climate change is real, and it is going to have real effects on real people in Central America. That is evident in a new report that for the first time takes a specific look at the impact of climate change on a local level....

By Carolyn Woo

As anyone who has tried to hold a cookout in the summer knows, mosquitoes are inventive and resilient pests, requiring significant resourcefulness if you are going to keep them from spoiling the fun.

In many parts of the world, keeping mosquitoes at bay is...

By Bishop Gerald Kicanas
Chair, Catholic Relief Services' Board of Directors

Later this month, I will have the privilege of traveling with several other brother bishops from the United States to join our Holy Father on his visit to Cuba. Pope Benedict XVI follows in the...

Kony 2012 -- the video made by the charity Invisible Children to highlight the violent actions of the Lord's Resistance Army and its leader Joseph Kony -- has been viewed over 100 million times worldwide in the past 10 days.

While the media storm rages, Catholic Relief Services is...

by Bill O'Keefe.

With so much partisan discord these days on Capitol Hill, it's hard to imagine any issue on which both parties can agree. Although Republicans and Democrats have drawn lines in the sand on matters ranging from the budget ceiling to job creation, there is one vital area...

For the latest on Catholic Relief Services' work around the world, visit the CRS Newswire.

By Michael Hill

By all rights, the Missionaries of Charity Home for the Destitute and Dying in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia should be a depressing place. After all, the 1,000 people in here are...

Lane Bunkers is Catholic Relief Services' (CRS) Country Representative for Ethiopia, one of three East African countries plagued by drought that has affected more than 11 million people. Here he talks about the current food emergency in Ethiopia and how CRS' long-term development and drought mitigation programs have helped ease...

By Bekele Abaire and Sara A. Fajardo

Ethiopians remember keenly the devastating losses of the drought in 1984 and the more recent one in 2000. The numerous pastoralist communities in Ethiopia know that lack of access to water will kill their livestock and destroy the very fabric of their culture.

By Michael Hill

Hunger and the threat of malnutrition are becoming the daily reality for millions of people in East Africa. A lack of rainfall and rising food prices are increasingly straining their food supply, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) staff members in the region are reporting.

"Rains last fall failed...

By Kim Pozniak

JUBA, Republic of South Sudan -- The streets of Juba are bustling as people from around the world arrive to celebrate the birth of a new nation: The Republic of South Sudan. Sidewalks are swept clean, smiling children practice songs and dances, workers at the airport patch...

By Ken Hackett

JUBA, South Sudan-- Less than a week after the United States celebrated its Independence Day for the 235th time, another nation was born, beginning its journey into history. That would be the Republic of South Sudan, which raised its flag for the first time as a sovereign...

By Robyn Fieser

At 6 feet 3 inches tall and 200 pounds, Felix Antonio Sterling looks like a bear, but acts like a kid. He cruises the streets of his neighborhood in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, honking his horn, waving nonchalantly to friends, as he shows off the booming speaker...