Chris Herlinger

Chris Herlinger

Chris Herlinger is New York and international correspondent to Global Sisters Report and also writes on humanitarian, international and cultural issues for NCR. He covers the work of Catholic sisters at the United Nations, and in the last decade has reported from Ukraine, Poland, Bosnia, Croatia, South Sudan, Haiti, Lebanon, Italy, Ghana, Uganda and El Salvador, among other locales. Chris has won numerous awards from the Associated Church Press, the Religion Communicators Council and the Religion News Association. The Catholic Media Association named Chris one of its 2024 Writers of the Year. He is the author of five books on humanitarian themes, most recently Solidarity and Mercy: The Power of Christian Humanitarian Efforts in Ukraine, published by Morehouse. 

By this Author

Ethnic minorities in South Sudan's camps face insecurity in warring nation

South Sudan's religious renew their strength amid civil war

In civil war, soldiers are the wild cards -- and tough to access

Q & A with Sr. Elizabeth Zwareva: 'When egoism ends, wars too will end'

Sisters urge US, North Korea to dialogue, disarm to resolve nuclear conflict

Q & A with Sr. Barbara Paleczny, helping South Sudanese overcome trauma

South Sudan village finds fragile hope in food endeavors

In development goals, sisters set a people-first example

The worldwide debate about sex work: Morality meets reality

Peace activists laud nuclear weapons ban

South Sudan cathedral compound shelters displaced

South Sudan, a place of extremes, adaptation and hope

Q & A with Sr. Colleen Jackson, advocating for refugees and asylum-seekers in Australia

Sisters join chorus denouncing Trump's climate move

Deepening the idea of hospitality in New York: Franciscan house is like a mini-UN

US-led boycott of nuclear talks puts disarmament back in the news

Sisters hope action will follow UN women's commission talks

Commission on the Status of Women session examines world of work for women

United Nations turns focus on 20 million migrants around the world

School Sisters of Notre Dame, Beyond Borders pair up to bring relief to Haiti