Artistic creativity and vaccination efforts are not often two words associated with each other; but that was not the case with the efforts of Elisabeth Román and her Hispanic and Ethnic Ministry team in the Diocese of Joliet, Illinois. In the summer of 2021, Elisabeth and her team hired an artist to create promotional materials for a wrestling match, La Máscara vs. Corona Delta.

Dr. Donald R. McCrabb accepted the Non-Profit of the Year Award on behalf of the Catholic Cares Coalition from the Nonprofit Alliance this past Thursday. Congratulations and thank you to all the members of the Coalition for their important work!

In this article, Mark Pattison interviews leaders in the Catholic Cares Coalition on the work they have done to increase vaccine equity and confidence. A huge thank you to Leila Nimatallah (Catholic Relief Services), Lucas Swanepoel (Catholic Health Association), Mary Beth Powers (Catholic Medical Mission Board), and Don McCrabb (US Catholic Mission Association)!

Read this inspiring story about our Sisters in Ghana that are educating their community on COVID-19 vaccines and increasing vaccine confidence.

Members of Catholic Cares Coalition are calling on Congress to address vaccine inequity and provide robust funding for purchasing production, delivery, and outreach efforts for COVID-19 vaccines around the world. Join our Tweetstorm this Friday, 2/18 from 12pm - 1pm (ET) to help amplify this message. Share the below social media posts on your organization's Twitter and other accounts using #FaithInAGlobalVaccine and #CatholicCares hashtags.

In this inaugural podcast, Don McCrabb, a leader of the Catholic Cares Coalition, is interviewed by Sara Marks, who assists the coalition with their microgrants program. Don McCrabb is the executive director of the United States Catholic Mission Association and a founding member of the Catholic Cares coalition. Listen here to learn more about the coalition and the amazing work that has been done over the past year.

All the time, and as we begin Black History Month, we must educate and advocate for health equity. Black communities are disproportionately affected by COVID-19 due to systemic racism and social determinants of health. Here are some resources and articles, specifically around health and vaccine equity.

The COVID-19 crisis has taken an especially harsh toll on the well-being of health care workers. For two years, hospital staff across the Catholic health ministry have treated wave after wave of seriously ill and dying patients, with little or no time to process their grief or regain their personal equilibrium.

In order to end the pandemic here, we must end it everywhere. Tell Congress to act now!

Catholic Cares Coalition was featured in Crux.

As health advocates seek equity in providing vaccines, many people refuse to get inoculated.

Much has been written, and publicized, by a sliver of the Catholic community saying that there should be an exemption from the current vaccines because the ones presently available in the United States have a connection with abortions that occurred decades ago.

Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, CM, is president of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities. In this piece, Rev. Holstchneider discusses how Catholic universities mandated vaccinations because they want to protect the vulnerable.

The LMU Center for Religion and Spirituality invites you to this important discussion about the COVID-19 vaccine from a Catholic perspective, moderated by New York Times best-selling author and Catholic speaker Jeannie Gaffigan.

Catholic Cares joined 60 religious groups on Tuesday, June 20th on the National Mall in Washington D.C to issue a moral call for President Biden and other world leaders to help vaccinate the world and end the pandemic. Dr. Donald R. McCrab, convener of Catholic Cares, spoke at the event, urging for profits and politics to be set aside for the good of the people during this global emergency.

Catholic Cares coalition member Faith In Action is holding a webinar on The Way Forward in Haiti on Thursday, July 8 at 9:00am PT/ 10:00am MT/ 11:00am CT/ Noon ET.

As part of our commitment to promote the Covid-19 Vaccine and equity in distribution, Franciscan Action Network hosted a webinar on June 30, 2021 to look at the Franciscan perspective.

On June 30th, Catholic Cares hosted the event Vaccine Equity: A Catholic Response to COVID-19 for our communities to learn more about our Catholic response. T

Catholic Cares coalition was featured in Catholic Standard.

Mid-spring brought crisis levels of coronavirus infections to several countries around the world that were under-resourced and unprepared to ward off outbreaks and treat the sick.