Caritas urges global solidarity on “Zimbabwe Sunday”
Caritas Internationalis Secretary General Lesley-Anne Knight is sending a message of solidarity to the people and Church of Zimbabwe for “Zimbabwe Sunday” on 15 February on behalf of all 162 national Caritas members. Read more...

Zimbabwean refugees abused in South Africa

Approximately 3,000 Zimbabwean men, women, children and babies are trapped in dire conditions behind a wire perimeter camp in Musina, a border town in South Africa. The refugee camp on Musina’s Showgrounds is the size of a football field and contains neither adequate shelter, sanitation or protection for the vulnerable Zimbabweans. Read more...

Free Caritas partner in Zimbabwe says Cardinal Rodríguez 

The President of Caritas Internationalis Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga is calling for the immediate release of Jestina Mukoko and other Zimbabwean human rights defenders.Read more...


Desperation in Zimbabwe
The Catholic Church in Zimbabwe says that the country’s leaders are playing politics while the people suffer. Zimbabwe’s Bishops say that a power sharing agreement signed in September could transform the country's bleak future. Read more...

Challenges ahead for Zimbabwe
16 September 2008

As Zimbabwe’s Government embarks on a new power-sharing deal, Father Frederick Chiromba, Secretary General of the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference, has emphasised the huge challenges that lie ahead. Read more...

Zimbabwe Churches call for national unity government
15 July 2008

Zimbabwean Christian Churches say people were subjected to torture, kidnapping, and murder before the 27 June presidential run-off poll and that violence continues today.

The Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC), the Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe (EFZ) and the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference (ZCBC) released a joint statement 14 July condemning the violence and the poll. The Christian leaders called for a negotiated settlement and offer their help in creating a Transitional Authority and Government of National Unity. Read more...

Caritas and Catholic Church warns of Zimbabwe catastrophe
13 June 2008

Zimbabwe is on the brink of an avoidable humanitarian crisis that could cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of innocent people, said international and regional leaders of the Catholic Church.

President of Caritas Internationalis Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez and Archbishop Buti Tlhagale of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference said in a joint statement that Zimbabwe’s suspension of international aid activities and spiralling political violence meant millions of people are suffering.

Caritas members directly feed over a million people in Zimbabwe, and their projects help over three million people. Caritas targets the most vulnerable, women, children and the sick. Caritas has suspended those projects following the ban due to increasing levels insecurity. Read more...

Caritas President calls for arms embargo on Zimbabwe
4 June 2008

Caritas Internationalis President Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga is urging the UN Security Council to impose an immediate arms embargo on Zimbabwe. Church leaders in the country said that without international intervention Zimbabweans face genocide. Read more...

Facing an uncertain future

The UN must also act proactively by sending observers to Zimbabwe to monitor any human rights abuses,” said Caritas Internationalis President Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga. He is urging the UN Security Council to impose an immediate arms embargo on Zimbabwe. Church leaders in the country said that without international intervention Zimbabweans face genocide. Read more...