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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Q & A with Sr. Joan Mumaw, president of Friends in Solidarity

Year-end roundtable: A look back at 2018's challenges and signs of hope

African sisters find that when you work collaboratively, 'you get going'

Sisters, leaders applaud adoption of UN migration compact, despite US refusal to sign

On 70th anniversary, UN declaration still linchpin of human rights

'Contemplative but active': Monastery channels charism into civic action

Q & A with Sr. Rosemarie Milazzo: 'Borders, in the end, cause all sorts of problems'

Catholics urge action as UN report forecasts climate crisis in coming decades

Dominican Sisters of Hope easement protects 'oasis' of land in New York

Q & A with Sr. Rose Pacatte on the intersection of theology and film

What can UN International Day of Peace mean for South Sudan?

Reporting assignment on refugees teaches invaluable lessons

Mercy Sisters share new guidebook for changing views on human trafficking

Presentation Sisters help implement UN sustainable goals at local level

UN moves forward on compacts to manage migration, refugees

Controversy over migration continues to upend European politics

Seeking Refuge: Painful memories, new cultures confront resettled families

Q & A with Sr. Elisabetta Flick, assisting migrants in Sicily

Q & A with Sr. Angela Reed, seeking to address the root causes of human trafficking

UN grapples with updating definitions of 'migrant' and 'refugee'