Catholic Near East Welfare Association

The Catholic Near East Welfare Association is an agency of the Holy See, founded by Pope Pius XI in 1926 to support the churches and peoples of the Middle East, Northeast Africa, India and Eastern Europe.www.idealist.org Its first president was Edmund A. Walsh, S.J. 
CNEWA's operating agency in the Middle East is the Pontifical Mission for Palestine, which was founded by Pope Pius XII in 1949. 
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* Catholic Near East Welfare Association
Category:Non-profit organizations
Category:Religious organizations established in 1926
Category:Humanitarian aid organizations
Category:Eastern Catholicism
Category:Roman Catholic organizations established in the 20th century