Today’s European Parliament plenary vote on the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum marks the end of lengthy negotiations to reform the European rules on asylum. Caritas Europa is concerned about its potential negative impact on thousands of people’s lives, as the new rules clearly limit access to protection for those in need. Regretfully, the ...
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Caritas Monaco is a Church institution that coordinates and carries out its social action in the Principality of Monaco. It was founded in 1990 by Msgr Joseph Marie Sardou who was then Archbishop of Monaco. From its foundation until September 2007 it was directed by Canon Philippe Blanc, priest of the Cathedral of Monaco, and since then by Deacon Robert Ferrua. The Principality of Monaco consists of one archdiocese and six parishes. Our patron saints are Saint Martin de Porres, Saint Teresa of Calcutta and Blessed Oscar Romero. Our motto is “Caritas caresse de l’Amour de l’église, Caritas l’amour qui voit et agit (Caritas, the caress of the Church’s love, Caritas, the love that sees and acts).
Our main actions give priority to children around the world. In combating poverty and social inequality, we aim to encourage people to build a better world via various social programmes. In addition to financial assistance, our task involves an educational dimension and accompaniment of people with dignity, as well as assistance to the poorest and marginalised and sharing of solidarity and compassion.
During 2016 we worked together with Caritas Italiana after the terrible earthquake that hit central Italy. We have also joined forces to help migrants. Within the Confederation, we work jointly with Caritas Europa and have supported programmes at the Caritas from Azerbaijan, Moldova and Kosovo. At international level, we offered our help to Caritas Haiti after the devastating impact of Hurricane Matthew.
Caritas Monaco continues to develop close relations with Catholic organisations and other Christian, inter-faith and lay organisations that share its vision. We ensure that the way we communicate within and beyond the Caritas Confederation is in accordance with our values and guiding principles.
We bear witness to our faith not just through words but also through deeds, the way we act in the world. We are the smallest Caritas worldwide, but our witness to the outside world entails openness, transparency and visibility.
Local partners: Office of International Cooperation – Principality of Monaco, Monaco Humanitarian Collective, Night Associations, Saint Devota Young Catholics Movement.
Overseas partners: ASASE – The Swiss Association of Friends of Sister Emmanuelle
Twinned with: Caritas Andorra
Establishment: CROSSBORDER CARITAS, jointly set up by Caritas Monaco, Caritas Italiana (diocese of Ventimiglia, San Remo), and Caritas France (Secours Catholique), diocese of Nice.
Updates from Europe
If I would be asked to give Caritas a human face, I would give it a woman’s face. We do not need to do a serious research to find out that the majority of care workers in Caritas are women. It is just visible! At the same time, research has shown that the majority of ...
Two years after the beginning of the war and nearly a decade after the conflict in the east of the country, the humanitarian situation in Ukraine continues to deteriorate and will not improve if hostilities do not stop. This is the picture described by the two local Caritas organisations – Caritas Ukraine and Caritas-Spes Ukraine ...
Once upon a time, in a country where laughter mingled with tears and hope shone even in the darkest of times, there lived a little Ukrainian girl named Milana. Milana was a funny, pretty girl with sparkling eyes that held galaxies of curiosity and wonder. Her infectious laughter echoed through the corridors of the Caritas ...
This project, in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, offers 800 children and an additional 200 parents from socially precarious and economically disadvantaged backgrounds help and support, in coping with everyday life every year and now more important than ever. At the beginning of the war, many of the project beneficiaries fled to other parts ...
Yasmine Halalish lives in Aleppo with her husband, Fathi Moustafa, as the stepmother of three children: Raneem, who needs special health care, Tasneem and Mouhammad Moustafa. Their birth mother died. Please tell me about the time after the earthquake. Did you receive any aid? «We did receive aid from Caritas Syria: canned food, hygiene kits ...
One year after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Turkey and Syria on 6 February 2023, local Caritas organisations, supported by the entire Caritas network, continue to support the local population in dire need. In Turkey, the National Caritas, together with Caritas Anatolia, supported by Caritas Istanbul and Izmir, have been active from the first moments, ...
We could finally afford to live in the house of our dreams. It was outside the centre of Homs, the family home, big and spacious. After years of hard work as a teacher, my husband had saved enough money to renovate it. I was happy, finally our children would have enough space to grow up happy. ...
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 ...
Torrential rains that affected the area of Thessaly in Greece in early September lead to devastating consequences in all disaster-affected zones and villiages in Volos, Pilion, Trikala, Karditsa and in the Thessalia plain region. A week after the devastating floods, the amount of mud damage to thousands of homes and hundreds of businesses has increased ...
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