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CARES Act expected to offer emergency aid to Catholic agencies

CLEVELAND -- Catholic hospitals, parish schools and charitable agencies are among the entities hoping to receive partial relief under a massive $2.2 trillion emergency...

Catholic advocates for poor expect new SNAP rule will boost hunger...

WASHINGTON -- Catholic advocates for poor people decried a new federal rule that tightens work requirements which determine eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...

Dorian update: Cruise ship to deliver aid to Bahamas, bring evacuees...

MIAMI -- A second Florida-to-Bahamas round-trip humanitarian cruise was set to sail the weekend of Sept. 14, weather-permitting, carrying supplies, transport specialty personnel, power...

Hurricane Dorian recovery work shows ‘we are your brother’s keeper,’ says...

MIAMI -- As catastrophic as Hurricane Dorian was, the characteristic optimism of Bahamians will help soften the painful recovery to come, according to a...

Trump administration plan to change how inflation is measured concerns advocates...

WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration is weighing a plan that uses a different definition of inflation to determine who lives in poverty and who...

Catholic Charities USA accepting donations online to help migrant children

Catholic Charities USA is accepting donations online to help its agencies along the U.S. border with Mexico meet basic needs and ensure that migrant...

Analysis: New survey says Catholic organizations have responded well to changing...

WASHINGTON — Immigration policies rolled out during the Trump administration have spread fear among immigrant populations in the U.S., but Catholic organizations and parishes...

Bishop Dewane ‘profoundly saddened’ by deaths, damage from Midwest storms

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The chairman of the U.S. bishops' domestic policy committee May 24 called for "prayers for the victims and their grieving families...

Volunteer gardener at crisis maternity home provides balm for the wounded

WASHINGTON — Outside of a week or two in the darkest days of winter, it’s always gardening season for Jana Hukriede. A key volunteer at...

North Carolina parishes still coping with Florence waters

RALEIGH, N.C. (CNS) -- In the days and weeks since Hurricane Florence made landfall in mid-September, North Carolina residents are still coping with the...

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