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Groups align to make 'Ukraine without orphans'


By the year 2015, Ukraine will be a country without orphans, according to the vision of a newly established alliance known as Ukraine Without Orphans, CBN news inform.

Close to a million dollars donated to the Ukrainian Catholic University


Sponsors from New York and New Jersey have donated $900,000 for the development of the Ukrainian Catholic University.

Caritas gives nearly $168,000 to aid projects in Peru


Madrid, Spain, Jul 30, 2010 / 11:58 am (CNA).- Caritas Spain recently approved a donation of $167,700 for farming aid in Peru in order to boost child nutrition in the South American country. The money is part of an aid package totaling $537,384 for projects in countries in Africa, Asia and South America. According to the Efe news agency, Caritas announced the aid package "will be distributed between Angola, Mozambique, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia and Peru."

Papal donations bring hope to needy worldwide


Vatican City, Jul 22, 2010 / 01:10 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Pope's $250,000 donation for the reconstruction of a Haitian school is to be delivered today. The large monetary gift constitutes just a small part of the aid the Holy Father distributes every year to those in need.

Salesian care at the Social Hotel


In Lviv, on 163a Horodotska St., opened the Social Hotel, a city dormitory for orphans, half- orphans, and children without parental care. This institution is the first in the Lviv Oblast that cares for the needs of students and aims to provide them with a place to live as well as Christian education and guardianship.

Billionaire fulfills promise to God, donates fortune to charity


Bogotá, Colombia, Mar 30, 2010 / 01:54 pm (CNA).- Albert Gubay, an 82-year-old English billionaire has pledged all but $15 million of his $1.1 billion fortune to charity, fulfilling a promise made to God while he was still poor.

Holy See to UN: What About Bailout Money for Poor?


NEW YORK, MARCH 25, 2010 (Zenit.org).- The Holy See is noting that the countries who found bailout money to save financial institutions in the economic crisis should also have resources for helping the poor.

UK billionaire gives away fortune to Catholic trust


An English supermarket billionaire has put A$786 million - nearly all of his fortune - into a Catholic trust, to fulfill a promise to God.

Vatican urges generous contributions to Holy Land collection


VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- As Catholics remember the death of Jesus on Good Friday, they also are asked to remember the Christians who still live in the land where Jesus lived and rose from the dead. In a letter to the world's bishops, urging them to support the annual collection for the Holy Land, Cardinal Leonardo Sandri said all Catholics share the responsibility of the Christians in the Holy Land to keep the church alive there and preserve the sites associated with Jesus' life, death and resurrection.

Caritas mobilizes aid for Chile earthquake victims


Santiago, Chile, Mar 1, 2010 / 09:08 pm (CNA).- Following the massive 8.8 earthquake which hit near the city of Concepción, Chile on Saturday, the international Catholic aid organization Caritas mobilized Chilean and international task forces to help the nearly two million people affected by the quake.

Aid Given to Haitian Seminarians


PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, FEB. 24, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Church leaders in Haiti are expressing gratitude for the aid given by donors worldwide, especially for seminarians who survived the Port-au-Prince earthquake.

Jesus Brings Justice Founded in Love, Says Pope


VATICAN CITY, FEB. 14, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI is affirming that Jesus satisfies man's "thirst for justice," through his Divine love rather than political revolution.

Taizé Launches Prayer Campaign for Haiti


TAIZE, France, JAN. 28, 2010 (Zenit.org).- At the request of a young Haitian, the Taizé Community is asking people worldwide to remember his country in prayer on the 12th day of every month.

British Politician Thanks Pope for Global Aid


VATICAN CITY, JAN. 27, 2010 (Zenit.org).- The British Secretary of State for International Development met with Benedict XVI to thank him for the Church's role in international aid, especially for the earthquake victims in Haiti.

Vatican to raise funds for Haiti with new stamp


Vatican City, Jan 26, 2010 / 10:52 am (CNA).- The Holy See's Philatelic and Numismatic Office, otherwise known as the Stamp and Coin Office, announced on Tuesday that it will "overprint" a stamp as a fundraiser for Haitian earthquake survivors. The initiative is expected to bring in proceeds of over $210,000.

Pope pledges Catholic institutions' continued presence in Haiti


Vatican City, Jan 23, 2010 / 11:46 am (CNA).- The Press Office of the Holy See has released the content of two letters written by Pope Benedict XVI to leaders in Haiti following the country's devastating earthquake. In the notes, the Holy Father expressed the solidarity of the Church with the people of Haiti and the intention of Church institutions to do everything in their power to restore "hope for the future."

Aid to the Church in Need directs aid to Haitian seminarians harmed by quake


Port au Prince, Haiti, Jan 21, 2010 / 03:31 am (CNA).- The charity Aid to the Church in Need has announced that it is sending $100,000 in urgent aid to help more than 200 impoverished seminarians in Haiti after their college collapsed in the earthquake.

Catholic Relief Services sees ‘tremendous response’ for Haitian appeal


Baltimore, Md., Jan 20, 2010 / 03:21 am (CNA).- Catholic Relief Services on Tuesday reported it has received a "tremendous response" of cash donations for relief and recovery in Haiti as it seeks to secure $25 million to help the victims of last week's massive earthquake.

Church Organizes Twelve Aid Centers in Haiti


VATICAN CITY, 19 JAN 2010 (VIS) - The Pontifical Council "Cor Unum" released the following English-language communique late yesterday:

Vatican Asks US Agency to Lead Haiti Effort


PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, JAN. 14, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Catholic Relief Services, the international humanitarian agency of the U.S. bishops' conference, was asked by the Pontifical Council Cor Unum to coordinate aid for earthquake victims in Haiti.

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