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Earthquake in Haiti: Caritas has supported the population from the very beginning

15/08/2021 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Haiti, Haiti, Latin America by Francesca Frezza

INSECURITY IN THE COUNTRY IS FURTHER COMPLICATING EMERGENCY OPERATIONS. After the dramatic earthquake that hit the country yesterday, 14/08/2021, at 8.30 am local time, Caritas Haiti has already mobilised its teams to reach the most affected areas, which are the departments of Grande-Anse (Diocese of Jérémie), Sud (Diocese of Les Cayes) and Nippes (Diocese of ...

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

St Vincent and the Grenadines, “This is the worst disaster in living memory to hit the island”

27/04/2021 Antigua and Barbuda, Conflicts and Disasters, Dominican Republic, Emergencies, Latin America, News, Press Release by Caritas Communications

Caritas organisations in the Caribbean islands are rallying around the island of St Vincents after 20,000 people were evacuated following the eruption of La Soufrière volcano.

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”.

Amazonia: 105 people asphyxiated in Manaus every day due to lack of oxygen and political will

8/02/2021 Brazil, COVID-19, Emergencies, Latin America, News, Press Release by Caritas Communications

For a city of just over 2.1 million inhabitants, the toll of 2,195 deaths in Manaus from COVID-19 in little more than a month, since the beginning of January, is very heavy. Caritas Brazil has launched a campaign for the immediate purchase of oxygen cylinders

Urgent action for access to COVID-19 Vaccines. Nobody should be left out

5/02/2021 Advocacy, Africa, Asia, COVID-19, Emergencies, Europe, Latin America, Middle East & North Africa, News, North America, Oceania, Press Release by Caritas Communications

Caritas confederation urges decision makers and the United Nations to call for a Security Council meeting to address access to vaccines as a global security problem and to undertake debt remission of the poorest countries