Featured Interviews

Serving in the Diocese of Columbus and a Board Director at Cross Catholic Outreach, Bishop Earl K. Fernandes discusses what can we can learn from the lives of the saints, the impact of the Box of Joy® ministry and much more!

Read the transcript of the interview here.

Box of Joy is a ministry of Cross Catholic Outreach. 

Join us as Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller of San Antonio, reflects on the life of St. Anthony of Padua and underscores the importance of serving the least among us.

Join Bishop William A. Wack in a captivating interview amid the expansive Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee. At a Cross Catholic Outreach food packing event, he shares insights about his involvement in a mission to pack 50,000 meals for the needy across the developing world. His presence exemplifies the significance of community, faith, and service to the less fortunate. Dive into this enlightening conversation that embodies the essence of unity in faith and action.

Bishop Vincke of the Diocese of Salina shares why, as a Missionary of Mercy himself, it is important to support the works of Cross Catholic Outreach in providing mercy to those living in extreme poverty around the world.

Bishop Barbarito reflects on the positive impact that serving those in need has on our lives.

From the beautiful Cathedral of St. Patrick in the Diocese of Harrisburg, PA, Cross Catholic Outreach was blessed to spend some time with Bishop Ronald Gainer.

In this interview, Bishop Gainer discusses the importance of integral human development, which is the methodology of addressing not just the immediate physical needs but the more profound, holistic needs that also addresses spirituality. Read the transcript of the interview here.

Through the years, Cross Catholic Outreach has collaborated with Bishop Martin Anwel Mtumbka from the Diocese of Karonga, Malawi in Africa. During a recent trip to the U.S., Bishop Martin Mtumbka was gracious enough to sit down with Cross Catholic Outreach and share his thoughts on Integral Human Development. He recognizes how Cross Catholic Outreach embraces a very unique approach to addressing material well-being, but also the  spiritual well-being of others. Read the transcript of the interview here.

His Eminence Cardinal Wilton Gregory discusses the importance of serving the poorest of the poor around the world. Read the transcript of the interview here.

In 2019, when Archbishop Cordileone joined the Cross Catholic Outreach board of directors, he commented, “I look forward to helping Cross Catholic in its collaboration with the Universal Catholic Church and it’s support of the charitable works of the Holy Father.” We were blessed to sit down with the archbishop at the beginning of 2022 to answer some more detailed questions about the mission of serving the poor around the world. Read the transcript here.

Speaking from the Vatican, His Eminence Cardinal Peter K.A. Turkson commended Cross Catholic Outreach for being a dependable benefactor of projects that promote the development of peoples. In our interview, Cardinal Turkson spoke on Catholic social teaching and the significance of the Holy See’s endorsement of Cross Catholic Outreach in 2015. Read the transcript of the interview here.