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Letters — March 3, 2025

March 1, 2025, by Readers of The Catholic Virginian

CRS must be restored Most of us are blessed to be so far from real food shortage that our only contact involves sitting through those haunting TV commercials that show sick and starving infants and deformed children. What most of us learn about wars is also provided by our TV, as we witness scenes of destruction, with women, children, and men searching through rubble for loves ones. Quick glances at televised refugee camps introduce us to what society looks like for victims of droughts, floods, hurricanes, and earthquakes. We see masses of prefabricated tents as well as makeshift shelters, and waste management systems that are stagnant open ditches. Drinking water may arrive by trucks, food is minimal, adequate hygiene is…

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