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Caritas Internationalis presents its publication on Climate Change and Migration

25/10/2023 Advocacy, Agriculture, Chad, Climate Change, Food, Malnutrition, Migration by daniele piccini

As part of the inauguration of the Global Year of Action of the “Together We” campaign, aimed at promoting integral ecology by simultaneously protecting people and our planet, Caritas Internationalis will launch its publication Displaced by a changing climate, highlighting the vital need for collective action to address the consequences of environmental degradation. Caritas Internationalis, ...

TOGETHER WE ‘GLOBAL YEAR OF ACTION’ LAUNCHED WITH LETTER WRITING INITIATIVE

24/10/2023 Advocacy, News by Maria Kristina Millare

With the launch of the Global Year of Action as part of Caritas Internationalis’ global campaign Together We, national member organisations and partners have come together through an online event to endorse the campaign’s year-long “Tree of Life” letter-writing initiative to encourage concrete climate action to build a safer planet – our common home – ...

Faith leaders unite to support an inclusive loss and damage fund ahead of COP28, championing the cause of the poor

10/10/2023 Advocacy, Climate Change, News, Press Release by Maria Kristina Millare

One week after the release of Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation Laudate Deum, faith leaders around the world are endorsing support for a Loss and Damage Fund to mitigate the detrimental and unjust impacts of climate change already affecting the poor. Many Global South nations contribute the least to the climate crisis, yet pay the heaviest ...

YOUNG PEOPLE TAKE THE LEAD IN CLIMATE ACTION AND DECISION-MAKING IN GENEVA

6/10/2023 Advocacy, Development, News, Youth by Maria Kristina Millare

On October 2, Caritas Internationalis together with partners Vides Internazionale, Istituto Internazionale Maria Ausiliatrice and Centre Catholique International de Geneve, hosted a hybrid event in Geneva in conjunction with the 54th Session of the Human Rights Council (11 September – 13 October) to promote youth leadership and participation in climate action and decision-making. Secretary General ...

“Laudate Deum”, New Inspiration for Caritas Work on Climate Change

4/10/2023 Advocacy, Climate Change by daniele piccini

The Caritas Confederation welcomes the new apostolic exhortation Laudate Deum, released today by Pope Francis on the liturgical feast of Saint Francis of Assisi. The letter is an update of his encyclical letter Laudato Si’, published in May 2015, and expresses the Pope’s “heartfelt concerns about the care of our common home”. Caritas shares Pope ...

Pope Francis releases apostolic exhortation ‘Laudate Deum’

4/10/2023 Advocacy, Emergencies, News by Maria Kristina Millare

Today, on the feast of St. Francis of Assisi (October 4), Pope Francis has released his apostolic exhortation Laudate Deum, that completes his encyclical Laudato si’ published in May 2015, and is addressed “to all people of good will on the climate crisis”. Eight years after Laudato si’, and based on the reflections and events ...

Our living planet

4/10/2023 Advocacy, Climate Change by daniele piccini

“Because all creatures are connected, each must be cherished with love and respect” — Laudato si’ (42) Industrialization, mass consumption and transformations in agriculture have brought the living world to a crisis point. We have caused an ongoing mass extinction of species, from mammals down to the smallest plants and bacteria. It’s urgent to change ...

Nagorno-Karabakh: Caritas urges the EU and UN to increase their humanitarian response

28/09/2023 Advocacy, Armenia, Europe by Maria Kristina Millare

As the Armenian Caritas is already present near the border to assist evacuees leaving Nagorno-Karabakh, the international confederation mobilises funds and calls all parties to respect human rights. As of today, over 60,000 Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh have fled to Armenia following a nine-month long blockade of the region and last week’s military intervention. Caritas Internationalis ...

Caritas discusses durable solutions for refugees and other displaced persons

15/09/2023 Advocacy, Climate Change, Migration, Minor migrants, Refugees by daniele piccini

“Free to choose whether to migrate or to stay”. Celebrating the 109th World Day of Migrants and Refugees on 24 September 2023, Caritas Internationalis makes its own the title of Pope Francis’ message for this Day. On the one hand, the right to stay in one’s own country means that social, working and human development ...

“Free to Choose whether to Migrate or to Stay”

13/09/2023 Advocacy, Migration, Minor migrants, Refugees by daniele piccini

Joint statement by Caritas Internationalis, RED CLAMOR and RAEMH on the occasion of the 109th World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2023 On 24th September we celebrate the World Day of Migrants and Refugees. This year the Holy Father has focused his message on the right of every person to choose whether to migrate or ...