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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Catholic faith in China is traditional and deep

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Women religious join those bringing attention to Day of Justice for murdered Honduran activist

Global citizenship and education key to achieve UN Sustainable Development Goals, sisters say

Even in Lebanon, so long at war, one does not become inured to violence or hate

Mining and extraction coalition at UN holds countries, companies accountable

UN mining group looks at Canadian industry abuses

Refugee life in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley has similar challenges to being in Beirut

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UN Paris Agreement signed, hoped to be catalyst for change