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Love and the Bible: Connecting with Each Other
There are many forms of love. While romantic love is what many think of during Valentine's Day, we should also remember God's agape or self-sacrificing and unconditional love for each of us. There's also brotherly love that we share with one another.More
Expanding Community Participation in Ethiopia
When a drought hits a community, it impacts everyone. But often, not everyone feels represented or included in the response to the challenge. This can be for many reasons, including a person’s gender or a disability.More
Stop Modern-Day Slavery
The work you support helps prevent trafficking by enabling people to thrive where they live.More
The Hidden Face of Human Trafficking in Peru
Human trafficking in Madre de Dios, Peru has a strong connection to illegal gold mining.More
5 Ways to Live Like Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa's simple approach to life and service to God can be imitated by anyone willing to love others. More
Picture a Saint: Mother Teresa of Calcutta
The story of Mother Teresa and CRS, in photos and her own words.More
Building Up Youth and Communities in El Salvador
CRS YouthBuild program helps young people in El Salvador gain confidence, and receive life and job skills training.More
Pope Francis and Climate Change: Nurturing Our Human Roots
“Humanity still has the ability to work together in building our common home,” Pope Francis writes in "Laudato Si'," his encyclical on the environment.More
Senegal: Environmental Protection Meets Peacebuilding
Every evening, Toumboul Sané leads a group of volunteers who patrol more than 1,200 acres of forest in Senegal's Casamance region. By standing guard, they are protecting trees—one of the region's most valuable resources—from poachers.
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Bees Sweeten Village Relationships
Hundreds of angry bees swarm over the veiled face of Jean-Louis Mendy as he inspects several beehives in Niaguis village, in the Casamance region of Senegal.
Not long ago, it might have been members of neighboring communities angrily confronting Jean-Louis. But the bees are bringing the...More