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Caritas committed to support victims of war in Central Africa amidst latest violence in the country

3/05/2022 Central African Republic, Emergencies, Emergencies in Central African Republic, Food, Fundraising, Malnutrition by daniele piccini

Recent clashes during the month of April between militia groups in the Central African Republic have not deterred Caritas staff and volunteers from providing dedicated humanitarian support to vulnerable communities and victims of war in the country. For nearly as decade, political volatility and instability has ravaged the Central African Republic following the deposition of ...

World Day of Migrants and Refugees – Let mutual love continue

24/09/2021 Advocacy, Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East & North Africa, Migration, North America, Oceania, Refugees, Trafficking by Caritas Communications

On this World Day of Migrants and Refugees, we join local churches and other faith-based communities in addressing the basic human needs of migrants and refugees who are forced to flee their homes and countries

Put the dignity of the human person, not private interests, at the center of all food policies

22/09/2021 Advocacy, Africa, Agriculture, Asia, Climate Change, Europe, Food, Food waste, Latin America, Malnutrition, Middle East & North Africa, North America, Oceania by Caritas Communications

As world leaders gather on September 23rd for the UN Food Systems Summit, Caritas Confederation expresses its concerns and reaffirms its core values about the future of food systems.

</br>Caritas South Sudan on the tenth anniversary of the country’s independence: “Today more than ever, our country needs the international community”

Caritas South Sudan on the tenth anniversary of the country’s independence: “Today more than ever, our country needs the international community”

9/07/2021 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in East Africa, South Sudan by Caritas Communications

The 10th anniversary of independence could be a starting point for a new South Sudan moving towards political stability, ensuring integral human development through community-based development activities put in place by civil society organisations.

Food security and integral human development

8/07/2021 Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East & North Africa, North America, Oceania by Caritas Communications

Realising the right to adequate food and ensuring food security for all is part of a vision aimed at integral human development.

Caritas Internationalis addresses the G7: “We cannot ‘build back better’ on social injustice”

10/06/2021 Advocacy, Africa, Asia, Development, Europe, Latin America, Middle East & North Africa, News, North America, Oceania, Poverty Elimination, Press Release, SDG by Caritas Communications

It is impossible to "build back better" without cancelling the debt of poor countries and reinvesting these funds in COVID-19 response and recovery

Promoting clean water and hygiene in Catholic health facilities

30/03/2021 Africa, Asia, Development, Europe, Latin America, Middle East & North Africa, North America, Oceania, Poverty Elimination, SDG by Caritas Communications

The Catholic Church is the largest civil institution that provides healthcare in the world. It builds and runs healthcare facilities (HFCs) and is present – through Caritas and other religious bodies

COVID-19 vaccines must be made available for all with equity and justice

1/03/2021 Advocacy, Africa, Asia, COVID-19, Development, Emergencies, Europe, Latin America, Middle East & North Africa, North America, Oceania by Caritas Communications

Vaccines are to be considered as common property of humanity and must be made available for all with equity, justice and as a human right.

Urgent action for universal and equal access to COVID-19 vaccines

25/02/2021 Advocacy, Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East & North Africa, North America, Oceania by Caritas Communications

Caritas Internationalis Secretary General, Aloysius John, urges the international community to put the respect for human rights and human dignity at the heart of the recovery from the pandemic.

“Love rejoices in seeing others grow” Lent 2021 message

17/02/2021 Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Messages from Rome, Middle East & North Africa, North America, Oceania by Caritas Communications

The Holy Father reminds us that Lent is the season of hope. It is this hope that we nurture together that helps us believe that “history does not end with our mistakes, our violence and injustice, or the sin that crucifies Love. It means receiving from Jesus’ open heart the Father’s forgiveness”.