Fears are growing over the increasingly ethnic and violent nature of the conflict in South Sudan’s Jonglei State. It’s the latest fighting in the region following independence for South Sudan last July.

As world attention focuses on the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, Caritas urges the international community not to neglect millions of hungry people in the isolated Asian nation.

Caritas teams continue to fan out over the southern Philippine island of Mindanao to help families suffering because of massive flash flooding.

Caritas Europa delivers a “Shadow Report” on the Europe 2020 Strategy from the perspective of 16 Organizations in the Caritas network across the EU.

Caritas says a deal reached at climate talks in Durban leaves the world facing a catastrophic 4C increase in global temperatures.

Caritas Internationalis President Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga will travel to UN climate talks in Durban, South Africa 29 November to 5 December.

Bishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, Chancellor of Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, addressed representatives of Caritas Internationalis on the economic crisis facing much of the world.

The Caritas Working Group for Colombia says the human rights situation in Córdoba continues to be critical.

In the wake of floods that submerged homes, crops, factories and more, Caritas Internationalis is calling for EUR 506,494 to help the people of Thailand.

Caritas says a poor response by the international community to major floods in Pakistan in 2011 is endangering lives.