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. Janet Lehmann, directing a nursing program in Haiti

Q & A with Sr. Valorie Lordi, keeping an eye on Haiti post-Hurricane Matthew

Four weeks after Hurricane Matthew, Haiti's needs remain dire

Haitians face endless cycles of recovery while aid groups come and go

Sisters respond to Haiti's needs after Hurricane Matthew brings a 'world of hurt'

Sisters in Haiti focus on Hurricane Matthew, earthquake recovery during election season

At the Haitian-Dominican border, a ministry to help the displaced who 'fight to survive'

First UN summit on refugees and migrants calls all member states to protect them

Putting women's contributions -- support and suffering -- into war history

Spanish sister killed in Haiti described as 'energetic, enterprising, a woman of vision'

Q & A with Fr. Roger Landry on the UN's exhibit on Mother Teresa

Look to the sisters for an example of humanitarian aid done right

Q & A with Sr. Tamam Salame, leading a Lebanese hospital through financial challenges

Catholic sisters among those embracing international efforts against human trafficking

Sisters urge UN to remember grassroots work in pursuing development goals

Sisters at the UN worry about Brexit message in an inter-connected world

Sisters nurse South Sudan's fragile peace as worry about ethnic conflict mounts

Uneasy peace takes hold after violence marks South Sudan's fifth anniversary

US training program helps sisters in China improve care for elderly

Catholic faith in China is traditional and deep