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In a Jan. 29, 2025, report, the leadership of the aid agency of the Catholic Church in England and Wales said the situation in Goma has worsened due to escalating conflict, underscoring the need for a heightened humanitarian response.

As fighting rages on in Eastern DR Congo, Catholic charity steps up humanitarian response

Feb 2, 2025

By Silas Isenjia

In a Jan. 29 report, the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development urged the international community to acknowledge the crisis in... Read more

Refugees in Haiti.

Catholic aid organizations respond to Oxfam prostitution scandal in Haiti

Feb 15, 2018

By Courtney Mares

Amid allegations that Oxfam UK aid workers hired prostitutes in Haiti and Chad while administering humanitarian aid, Catholic aid organizations... Read more

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Providence Bishop-elect Bruce Lewandowski.

One of the last bishops appointed by Pope Francis says he showed us ‘how to evangelize’

U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hold a one-on-one meeting at the Vatican prior to Pope Francis’ funeral, Saturday, April 26, 2025.

Trump, Zelenskyy discuss hopes for ‘lasting peace’ amid pope’s funeral

Prelates watch as Vatican officials prepare Pope Francis’ tomb in the Basilica of St. Mary Major on Saturday, April 26, 2025.

Pope Francis buried in beloved Marian basilica after coffin crosses Rome in popemobile

Pope Francis and Grand Imam Ahmed al-Tayeb sign the Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together in 2019 .

Pope Francis and the Islamic world: A legacy of dialogue and fraternity

Pope Francis blesses St. Peter’s Square with the Blessed Sacrament during the statio orbis prayer to end COVID-19 pandemic, Friday, March 27, 2020.

5 of the most memorable prayers of Pope Francis’ pontificate

An aerial view of the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome as the body of Pope Francis arrives for burial following his funeral Mass on April 26, 2025.

LIVE UPDATES: Pope Francis is laid to rest at St. Mary Major

Pallbearers carry the wooden coffin of Pope Francis, marked with a cross, into St. Peter's Square for the funeral Mass on April 26, 2025.

Pope Francis’ funeral: A global farewell to a humble shepherd

The statue of Our Lady, Queen of Peace in the Basilica of St. Mary Major.

7 popes are buried at St. Mary Major; Pope Francis will soon be the eighth

Cardinal Christophe Pierre speaks to EWTN News President and COO Montse Alvarado in Rome on Friday, April 25, 2025.

Holy Spirit chose Pope Francis to be ‘instrument of Christ,’ Cardinal Pierre says

The archbishop of New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, speaks to EWTN News on Friday, April 25, 2025, in Rome.

Cardinal Dolan: Pope Francis was ‘a man of the heart’ 

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