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March 16, 2010

Catholic Relief Services response to earthquake in Haiti

Posted by : J.D. Long-García
Filed under : Local News, Nation/World, Video

Catholic Relief Services was overwhelmed with the outpouring of support from Catholics across the United States in response to the needs of earthquake survivors in Haiti. The video above shows how CRS put those donations to action in the days immediately following the quake.


February 28, 2010

Responding to the earthquake in Chile

Posted by : J.D. Long-García

Not long after the 8.8 earthquake rocked Chile early Saturday morning, Caritas flew out their emergency response team from Haiti. Caritas Internationalis is a confederation of 162 Catholic relief, development and social service organizations operating in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. “It was an enormous earthquake, so you would expect major damage,” said [...]