Policy & Advocacy
Recommended Aid Agencies
Recommended Aid Agencies
List of recommended aid organizations that support persecuted Christians, humanitarian relief, and development worldwide, with long histories of working through the Catholic Church to deliver pastoral care, emergency assistance, and sustainable development.
Aid to the Church in Need
- Mission: Papal foundation providing pastoral and humanitarian assistance to persecuted and discriminated Christians.
- Scope: Active in more than 145 countries; supports spiritual and material aid projects.
- Key work: Funds pastoral care, refugee assistance, and projects to strengthen the Church and sustain the faith.
- Contact: www.churchinneed.org; Tel: (800) 628-6333.
Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA)
- Mission: Support the Eastern Catholic churches and vulnerable communities across the Middle East, Northeast Africa, India, and Eastern Europe.
- Scope: Founded 1926; programs include clergy formation, neonatal care, irrigation, refugee relief, and counseling for war-affected children.
- Key work: Humanitarian relief, development, and institutional strengthening through church partners.
- Contact: www.cnewa.org; Tel: (877) 284-3807.
Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
- Mission: Official overseas relief and development agency of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
- Scope: Global emergency response and long-term development focused on poverty alleviation and recovery.
- Key work: Lifesaving emergency relief, sustainable development programs, and support to persecuted minorities in crisis regions.
- Contact: www.crs.org; Tel: (877) 435-7277.
Knights of Columbus
- Mission: Catholic fraternal organization with charity as its founding principle, providing relief and advocacy.
- Scope: Global charitable work, long history of assisting refugees and persecuted Christians, significant emergency funding for Iraq and Syria.
- Key work: Direct aid (food, medical care, housing), community rebuilding, advocacy for victims of genocide and religious persecution.
- Contact: www.ChristiansAtRisk.org; Tel: (800) 694-5713.