“My prayer is that those gifts will increase in response to our Holy Father’s call for peace and reconciliation in Africa.”
National collections
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With wars and disasters overseas, bishops’ annual CRS Collection ‘more vital than ever’
by OSV Newsby OSV NewsThe U.S. bishops’ annual CRS Collection will be taken in most U.S. dioceses at Masses March 14-15 to help some of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable.
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Since 1991, the USCCB has held an annual Collection for the Church in Central and Eastern Europe, with funds supporting the Catholic Church in the former Czechoslovakia, Soviet Union and …
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The grants “support parish and diocesan operations, as well as ministries of evangelization, catechesis, and healing that grow and strengthen the Church.”
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Amid the Trump administration’s halt on foreign aid and government cuts, the U.S. Catholic bishops are urging faithful to support the 2025 Catholic Relief Services collection.
