The Catholic Register Thu, 23 Jan 2025 01:48:32 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Aid groups, bishop sound alarm over humanitarian crisis affecting 21 million in Yemen /home/international/item/28152-aid-groups-bishop-sound-alarm-over-humanitarian-crisis-affecting-21-million-in-yemen /home/international/item/28152-aid-groups-bishop-sound-alarm-over-humanitarian-crisis-affecting-21-million-in-yemen AMMAN, Jordan – Aid agencies and Catholic officials are sounding the alarm on Yemen's spiraling humanitarian crisis, calling on the combatants to end the war and make badly need assistance available.
]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Tue, 09 Oct 2018 08:40:46 -0400 Saudi-led assault to have 'catastrophic impact' on Yemeni families, Catholic aid agency says /home/international/item/27571-saudi-led-assault-to-have-catastrophic-impact-on-yemeni-families-catholic-aid-agency-says /home/international/item/27571-saudi-led-assault-to-have-catastrophic-impact-on-yemeni-families-catholic-aid-agency-says AMMAN, Jordan – The Saudi-led coalition's assault on Hodeida, Yemen's main port city, will have a "catastrophic impact" on the ability of relief groups to get food, medicine and other aid to vulnerable Yemeni families in urgent need of assistance, a Catholic aid agency warned.
]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Thu, 14 Jun 2018 16:06:48 -0400 Editorial: A call to action /columns/item/27173-editorial-a-call-to-action /columns/item/27173-editorial-a-call-to-action

In his report on the crisis in Myanmar, CanadaöÏÓãÊÓƵapp special envoy to the region fell short of labelling Rohingya persecution a genocide. But that detail should not stop Canada from acting as if it is one.

]]> editor@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Editorial) Editorial Wed, 11 Apr 2018 13:19:24 -0400 Canadian Church ready to help Rohingya refugees /item/27155-canadian-church-ready-to-help-rohingya-refugees /item/27155-canadian-church-ready-to-help-rohingya-refugees

Catholic parishes, ministries, religious orders and institutions stand ready to help should Ottawa heed Bob RaeöÏÓãÊÓƵapp advice on the Rohingya crisis.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Tue, 10 Apr 2018 15:53:25 -0400 Child malnutrition in Venezuela at humanitarian crisis level, Caritas says /home/international/item/25225-malnutrition-in-venezuela-at-humanitarian-crisis-level-caritas-says /home/international/item/25225-malnutrition-in-venezuela-at-humanitarian-crisis-level-caritas-says

VATICAN CITY – With soaring food prices and a free-falling economy, child malnutrition in Venezuela has crossed the threshold of a humanitarian crisis, the local chapter of Caritas Internationalis said.

]]> International Fri, 19 May 2017 10:15:00 -0400 SyriaöÏÓãÊÓƵapp humanitarian crisis continues despite ceasefire efforts /home/international/item/24038-syria-s-humanitarian-crisis-continues-despite-ceasefire-efforts /home/international/item/24038-syria-s-humanitarian-crisis-continues-despite-ceasefire-efforts

OTTAWA – A ceasefire in war-torn Syria has not eased the humanitarian crisis, according to Catholic aid organizations in the region.

]]> ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) International Wed, 11 Jan 2017 15:10:32 -0500