Catholic Relief Services

Catholic Relief Services carries out the commitment of the Bishops of the United States to assist the poor and most impacted worldwide.

Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. The agency alleviates suffering and provides assistance to people in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality. CRS’ relief and development work is accomplished through programs of emergency response, HIV, health, agriculture, education, microfinance and peacebuilding.

For more information, visit www.crs.org or www.crsespanol.org and follow Catholic Relief Services on social media in English at FacebookTwitterInstagram and YouTube; and in Spanish at: FacebookTwitter and Instagram.

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