Stories

from around the world

Caritas’ news and feature stories and blogs by its staff and supporters can be found here. Find out more about Caritas’ work around the world, the crises it confronts and the longer-term development it supports. You will also find stories here about the issues Caritas feels most strongly about and the wrongs it is seeking to right through its campaigning and advocacy work.

Caritas co-sponsored event at UN HIV meeting
Decent work conditions for domestic workers
Pope Benedict blesses Caritas Internationalis at its General Assembly
Grande finale
Caritas confederation chooses a new secretary general
Moteurs de changement
The big question: why are we here?
Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga re-elected as Caritas Internationalis president
Le rapport du président
Interview with Father Timothy Radcliffe, OP
Réflexions théologiques
There’s something about Caritas
Trainspotting at the Vatican for Caritas’ 60th anniversary
Début de la 19e assemblée générale
Caritas Internationalis assembly opens with focus on one human family, zero poverty
Cardinal Sarah on Caritas Japan earthquake response
Caritas marks 60 years of work with the poor at General Assembly
All aboard “Caritas Express!” Historic train journey – Vatican Station opens to passengers for Caritas Internationalis’ 60th anniversary.
Caritas co-hosting launches of the new Sphere handbook
Violence flares in Nigeria
Being a better humanitarian
Migrants blocked in camps at Libyan borders eager to go home
Sudan: Be calm but vigilant…
Caritas launches a comic strip about violence and hope in Congo
Dire conditions in Lampedusa camps
Japan living in solidarity and not solitude
Caritas condemns Cote D’Ivoire massacre
Kidnapped Caritas worker in Côte d’Ivoire released
Caritas local staff member kidnapped in Cote D’Ivoire