Last month, I interviewed [1] Msgr. John Kozar, president of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association, a few days before he joined Pope Benedict XVI in Lebanon.  

In March, I interviewed [2] Kozar about his new role at CNEWA.

On Friday, CNEWA published its 2011 annual report [3], and it's worth the time to read and reflect on its important work.  CNEWA is a "jewel in the Church's crown," as the saying goes, and needs to be better known to U.S. Catholics.