Find out how you can help change the world in less than five minutes. more >>

See CRS staff as they climb mountains and reach remote areas to help the needy. more >>

2009 may well be remembered by CRS supporters and beneficiaries as a year of blessings in the face of a global financial crisis. more >>

Excerpts from Pope's 2010 message for the World Day of Peace more >>

Find out how a little concrete and a fence spares nomadic farmers a desperate search for water during a disappointing rainy season. more >>

Find out how you can help change the world in less than five minutes. more >>

Farmers in Niger are now learning to read and to check market prices with their cell phones. more >>

In rural Indian villages, girls marry and boys become bonded laborers. But there is a way to discourage these practices and get kids back in school. more >>

Meaningful Christmas presents from the CRS Gift Catalog may not take up any room in your stocking, but will fill your heart to the brim. Shop now! more >>

Find out how you can help change the world in less than five minutes. more >>

The Indian Ocean tsunami hit Aceh, Indonesia, first and hardest. Rebuilding shelters and lives, through the eyes of the people on the ground. more >>

Five years after the Indian Ocean tsunami, remembering the generosity of Catholics in the United States. Watch what your compassion accomplished. more >>

Sipho Ncube is just one of thousands of Zimbabweans who have escaped poverty and built personal wealth by breeding poultry and goats. more >>

Throughout the world, CRS supports millions of people with HIV as they live fulfilling and productive lives. more >>

As five years of tsunami recovery draw to a close, CRS Indonesia staff share their memories. more >>

Lasting drought has hurt all Kenyans, but it's particularly dangerous for people whose lives depend on an abundant food supply. more >>

As a child, Doreen was orphaned and left to care for her younger brother. CRS programs gave her hope and support that turned her life around. more >>

During a visit to a partner diocese in Guatemala, an American teen makes an unexpected discovery: open hearts in the midst of poverty. more >>

Loyal donor, Mrs. Monica Shumann of Virginia, shares with us what she is most thankful for this year. more >>

When Allie Zito heard about the Indian Ocean tsunami, she knew she had to help. Watch this video to find out what inspired her to make a difference. more >>

Meet Camara, staff member of CRS Senegal, who shares a little about his life and why he feels so blessed this Thanksgiving season. more >>

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, we wanted to take this opportunity to count our many blessings. more >>

Two dioceses a world away come together in friendship and solidarity in the wake of the tsunami. more >>

Listen to thanksgiving blessings from CRS staff in Kenya. more >>

Computer-based education modules created by Cornell University and CRS are helping poor farmers to restore healthy cassava fields in Africa. more >>

Father David Garcia finds that examining the magnitude of global troubles can inspire a heart of thanksgiving and compassion. more >>

Counselors in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, report that civilian men are joining the ranks of armed groups committing rapes. more >>

A CRS health worker stepped in to guide cleanup crews in removing garbage and septic waste to make streets safe again. more >>

From India, Indonesia and Sri Lanka, firsthand stories from people who survived the tsunami and found hope on the other side. more >>

A state-of-the-art mothers and children's hospital is providing a wide range of medical services to the people of Banda Aceh, Indonesia. more >>

Staff who worked on the ground in the first days after the Indian Ocean tsunami share the lessons they-and CRS-learned. more >>

In Afghanistan, impoverished women are escaping poverty and hunger through CRS-supported self-help groups. more >>

Watch this video to learn how CRS helped support peacebuilding activities in Kenya when violence erupted after a disputed presidential election. more >>

CRS helps build quake-resistant homes in Indonesia, but the first step is temporary shelters for those who must wait to rebuild. more >>

In India, thousands of people who were already living in dire poverty lost their homes to severe flooding. CRS is helping them start over. more >>

Neighbors who barely talked joined a CRS savings group, and found they enjoy each other's company as much as the loans. more >>

On the verge of wrapping up a five-year tsunami response, CRS calls staff back into action to help Indonesians affected by a 7.6-magnitude earthquake. more >>

An image of malnourished children compelled parishioners to look beyond their problems by reaching out to Haitians in dire need. more >>

An HIV program in Pakistan helps people once near death enjoy full and productive lives. more >>

Tens of thousands of impoverished villagers in Andhra Pradesh, India, escaped the flood with their lives and nothing else. more >>

A Kenyan mother too sick to support her family, much less cover fees for her children's schooling, now sees her once-distant dreams coming true. more >>

Over two days in Washington, AIDSRelief was praised for "doing the impossible." more >>

CRS partner Caritas offers a second chance at childhood for Congolese boys once forced to toil and fight for armed groups. more >>

Pick your armed group in Congo, and it is likely Honor� Bisimwa has talked to them. His job: Persuade them not to rape. more >>

A girl traumatized by a brutal crime and burdened with shame clings to the one woman she can trust. more >>

Severe drought has left millions of East Africans with little or no food, but coming El Ni�o rains may compound the crisis with flooding. more >>

Thousands of people in the Philippines are undertaking a massive cleanup of their homes and neighborhoods after losing so much to two typhoons. more >>

Kenyans suffering from years of poor rains receive food vouchers from CRS in exchange for conservation work to reduce drought impact. more >>

Chantal's husband regularly beat her until a program in a Chadian camp for refugees began counseling him and authorities started arresting abusers. more >>

Typhoons, earthquakes and monsoon rains killed hundreds and left millions homeless in Southeast Asia, India and islands in the Pacific Rim. more >>