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. 

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In the face of catastrophic climate change, sisters join call for a just transition

Monday Starter: Sisters join interfaith event in support of Biden's 'Build Back Better' plan

Monday Starter: Loreto Sister honored by US State Department for anti-trafficking work participates in panel

Inequities in world's food system have only worsened during pandemic

Monday Starter: Bon Secours sisters join 'critical mass' supporting Laudato Si' Action Platform

Outraged at mistreatment of Haitians, sisters take Biden administration to task

9/11 anniversary stirs memories of New York and Afghanistan

Haiti's earthquake adds yet another challenge for the country and its women religious

Sisters scramble to respond to delta variant amid longstanding local and global problems

Leviticus Fund leverages 'faith capital' for poverty-fighting projects

Monday Starter: Catholic Health Association urges all health care workers to get vaccinated

Monday Starter: Simon & Schuster publishes book on spirituality by Daughters of St. Paul

Monday Starter: UISG webinar poses questions about kindness and care

Monday Starter: Advocacy group says death penalty decision is only a first step

Assassination of Haitian president could put nation into further turmoil, sisters say

South Sudan marks 10 years of independence overshadowed by violence

UISG webinar calls sisters 'to be in a prophetic role' in advocating for the Earth

UISG webinar on education: 'We're shaping the future of the planet together'

Ethical quandary looms on eve of US military withdrawal from Afghanistan

Comboni sister outside of Jerusalem talks about escalated violence