Catholic agencies around the world have collected more than £195million for Haitian earthquake relief with additional funds continuing to arrive daily.
The amount – totaling £194,573,054 as of August 10 – reflects money from special collections sponsored by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), Catholic Relief Services (CRS), the worldwide network of Caritas Internationalis agencies and other Catholic-connected agencies sponsoring ministries in Haiti.
The total is likely to be significantly greater because the figures provided by Caritas Internationalis, the Vatican-based umbrella organisation for Catholic humanitarian and development agencies, exclude money raised by organisations and religious orders and congregations outside of the Caritas network.
