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Disaster Relief

Pope sends ‘generous’ donation to aid Myanmar quake victims

April 16, 2025
By Catholic News Service
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, Vatican, World News

Pope Francis has sent “a generous contribution” to Myanmar to help people impacted by a major earthquake in late March.

Pope prays for victims of Dominican nightclub disaster

April 10, 2025
By David Agren
OSV News
Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, Vatican, World News

Pope Francis prayed for the victims of a nightclub disaster in the Dominican Republic that claimed more than 200 lives and has provoked mourning across the Caribbean country.

Archbishop encourages hope as death toll in Myanmar surpasses 3,000

April 4, 2025
By Junno Arocho Esteves
OSV News
Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, World News

Burmese Archbishop Marco Tin Win of Mandalay said that despite the suffering caused by the deadly earthquake, the people of Myanmar are clinging to hope in God’s mercy.

Catholic aid organizations in a race against time to provide relief in Myanmar

April 2, 2025
By Junno Arocho Esteves
OSV News
Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, Uncategorized, World News

As the death toll following the massive earthquake in Myanmar is expected to reach 3,000, humanitarian organizations in the region, like Catholic Relief Services, are working round the clock to get essential supplies to those in need.

Myanmar death toll surpasses 2,000; cardinal calls for immediate ceasefire amid tragedy

March 31, 2025
By Junno Arocho Esteves
OSV News
Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, World News

People in Myanmar are in desperate need of humanitarian supplies and medical support as the death toll from the devastating earthquake that rocked central Myanmar March 28 continues to rise.

Tragic earthquake hits war-torn Myanmar, with massive death toll and little aid

March 31, 2025
By OSV News
OSV News
Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, World News

On March 28, a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit the Mandalay-Sagaing region in southwestern Myanmar, causing multistory buildings to collapse and raising concerns about a significant death toll.

Pope Francis prays for victims of deadly wildfires in South Korea

March 31, 2025
By OSV News
OSV News
Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, Vatican, World News

Pope Francis offered prayers and expressed deep concern over the deadly wildfires in South Korea, which have claimed at least 28 lives and caused widespread damage.

Catholic community provides ongoing support to families of loved ones lost in Key Bridge collapse

March 24, 2025
By Marietha Góngora V.
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Bridge Collapse, Disaster Relief, Feature, Local News, News

In the year since the tragedy, Sacred Heart and the wider Catholic community have rallied to support the families and others affected by the accident.

CRS, women religious from Africa describe impact of US foreign aid cuts on lifesaving programs

March 14, 2025
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: Disaster Relief, DOGE cuts, News, World News

Women religious from Africa and a representative of Catholic Relief Services, the overseas charitable arm of the Catholic Church in the U.S., grappled with the Trump administration’s cuts to foreign aid during a March 13 panel hosted by the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University.

4 in 5 USAID projects now canceled, with State Department overseeing the rest

March 10, 2025
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: Disaster Relief, DOGE cuts, Feature, News, World News

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said March 10 that just 18 percent of programs of the now-shuttered U.S. Agency for International Development will remain intact, and those will now fall under his purview at the State Department.

Latinos cling to faith after losing jobs due to LA fires, find blessings among the hardships

March 8, 2025
By Kimmy Chacón
OSV News
Filed Under: Disaster Relief, Immigration and Migration, News, World News

According to a recent UCLA study, at least 35,000 jobs held by Latinos could be lost due to the wildfires. This is particularly true in Pacific Palisades, where Latinos make up only 7 percent of the residents, but hold 34 percent of the jobs.

As funding freeze hits some Catholic agencies, others operate minus government money

March 7, 2025
By Kimberly Heatherington
OSV News
Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Disaster Relief, DOGE cuts, Feature, News, World News

Catholic agencies including Catholic Charities USA, Catholic Relief Services and Jesuit Relief Service/USA are facing major setbacks in the wake of the Trump administration’s 90-day pause and review of federal funding to numerous nonprofit organizations providing domestic and overseas aid to migrants, refugees and people in need.

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