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EPISODE · Jul 16, 2025 · 14 MIN

Baltimore-based CRS keeps providing relief; makes tough decisions with reduced funding

from On The Record · host WYPR 88.1 FM Baltimore

The shredding of USAID, the U.S. Agency for International Development, wiped out a big part of the budget of Catholic Relief Services, based in Baltimore. CRS was created by U.S. Catholic bishops in 1943 to help those displaced by World War II. It serves more than 200 million people in 122 countries. What part of its work continues? What effects is it seeing from the aid cuts? We talk with Sean Callahan, president and CEO of Catholic Relief Services.

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