On 12 December, Caritas Internationalis will celebrate its 70th anniversary.
Seven decades have passed since the Constituent Assembly of our Confederation met in Rome from 12 to 14 December 1951. At that time there were only 13 Caritas members in the Confederation, while today there are 162 operating in 200 countries and territories. Since its inception, Caritas Internationalis has been entrusted with the mission of promoting the primacy of the human person at the centre of all human activities.
This year we want to mark our anniversary by bearing witness to our work of charity and to give voice to the voiceless in the differ parts of the work.
For this reason, we organised seven webinars, each dedicated to one of the seven regions of the Confederation: Africa, North America, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, and Oceania. You can find all the webinars’ information and videos below.
Each virtual conference is also linked to a project implemented in the respective region. By supporting these projects, you will enable us to continue our work alongside the most vulnerable. As we have been doing for 70 years, especially thanks to your support.
Conference
Caritas Internationalis: 70 años luchando contra la pobreza
Urbaniana Pontifical University Monday, 13 December from 9 am to 1 pm Download the full program by clicking here
Oesterreichische Caritaszentrale
Caritas Secours International Belgique
Caritas Danmark
Secours Catholique – Caritas France
Deutscher Caritasverband
Caritas Italiana
Caritas Luxembourg
Caritas Nederland – CORDAID
Caritas Portuguesa
Caritas Española
Caritas Schweiz
Catholic Charities USA – Caritas USA
Caritas Australia
SNPS – Secretariado Nacional de Pastoral Social – Caritas Colombia
Caritas Hellas
Caritas India
Caritas Japan
Caritas South Africa
Catholic Relief Services – Caritas USA
CAFOD – Catholic Fund for Overseas Development – Caritas England and Wales
Caritas Aotearoa – New Zealand
NASSA – National Secretariat of Social Action – Caritas Filipinas
Caritas Argentina
Pastoral Social – Caritas Boliviana
Caritas Chile
Caritas Hong Kong
Caritas Madagascar
Pastoral Social Nacional – Caritas Paraguay
Caritas del Peru
Caritas Haiti
Caritas Maroc
Services Caritas des Diocèses d’Algérie – Caritas Algérie
Caritas Benin
OCADES – Caritas Burkina Faso
Caritas Centrafrique
Commission Episcopale Caritas / Développement – Caritas République Démocratique du Congo
SENAPS – Secretariado Nacional de Pastoral Social – Caritas Ecuador
Commission Nationale de Pastorale Sociale – Caritas Mali
Caritas Malta
Caritas Nicaragua
Caritas Rwanda
Caritas Senegal
OCDI – Organisation de la Charité pour un Développement Intégral – Caritas Togo
Caritas Turquie
Caritas Uruguaya
Caritas de Venezuela
CED – Caritas Burundi
UNAD – Union Nationale des Associations Diocésaines de Secours et de Développement – Caritas Tchad
Pastoral Social Caritas Costa Rica
Caritas Egypte
Caritas El Salvador
Caritas de Guatemala
Caritas de Honduras
Caritas Côte d’Ivoire
Caritas Jerusalem
Caritas Jordan
Caritas Kenya
Department of Development – Caritas Lesotho
CADECOM – Catholic Development Commission in Malawi – Caritas Malawi
Caritas Norge
Caritas Pakistan
Pastoral Social – Caritas Panamá
Caritas Polska
SEDEC – Social Economic Development Centre – Caritas Sri Lanka
Commission for Social Development – Caritas Taiwan
Caritas Tanzania
ZEC – Catholic Commission for Development – Caritas Zambia
Caritas de Angola
Caritas Bangladesh
Caritas République du Congo
Caritas Gabon
Caritas Macau
NOHD – National Office for Human Development
Caritas Singapore Community Council
SUDANAID – Caritas Sudan
Caritas Sverige
Caritas Thailand
BASC – Bureau des Activités Socio-Caritatives – Caritas Cameroun
Ethiopian Catholic Secretariat
SED – Department of Socio-Economic Development – Caritas Ghana
Caritas Mauritanie
CEPS – Caritas Mexicana
Caritas Niger
Caritas Caboverdeana
Caritas Comores
Koinonia Caritas
Caritas Djibouti
Caritas Dominicana
Catholic Development Office
Caritas Indonesia
Caritas Corea
Caritas Liban
Caritas Moçambicana
Caritas Papua New Guinea
Caritas Seychelles
Caritas Syrie – Commission Commune de Bienfaisance ( C.C.B. Syrie )
Uganda Catholic Secretariat – Caritas Uganda
Catholic Development Commission – Caritas Zimbabwe
Caritas Andorrana
Caritas Guinea Ecuatorial
Caritas Finland
Caritas Guinée-Bissau
Caritas Iran
Caritas Liberia
Caritas Ile Maurice
Nigeria Catholic Secretariat
CEPAC – Comm. for Justice and Development
Caritas Sao Tome & Principe
NCDCO – National Catholic Development and Caritas Office
Caritas Somalia
Services Caritas de la Prélature – Caritas Tunisie
Caritas Iraq
Antilles Episcopal Conference – Caritas Antilles
Tirisanyo Catholic Commission – Caritas Botswana
OCPH – Organisation Catholique pour la Promotion Humaine – Caritas Rép. de Guinée
Servicios Sociales Catolicos – Caritas Puerto Rico
Caritas Swaziland
Caritas Cuba
Caritas Hungarica
Caritas Island
Caritas Lithuania
NACADEC – Namibian Catholic Development Commission
Caritas Nepal
Caritas Shqiptar – Albania
Caritas Brasileira
Ceska Katolicka Charita – Caritas Ceska
Eritrean Catholic Secretariat
Caritas Macedonia
Confederatia Caritas Romania
Federal Caritas of Russia
Slovenska Katolicka Charita
Slovenska Karitas
Caritas Armenia
Caritas Belarus
Caritas Bosnia-Herzegovina
Caritas Bulgaria
Caritas Cambodia
Développement et Paix / Development and Peace – Caritas Canada
Caritas Croatia
Caritas East Timor
Caritas Estonia
Caritas Georgia
TROCAIRE – Caritas Ireland
Caritas Latvia
Caritas Moldova
SCIAF – Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund – Caritas Scotland
Caritas Serbia (until 2011: Caritas Serbia-Montenegro)
Caritas Solomon Islands
Caritas Spes – Caritas of Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine
Caritas Ukraine – Caritas of Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine
Caritas – Social Action – England & Wales
Caritas Kazakhstan
Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) – USA
Karuna Myanmar Social Services – Caritas Myanmar
Caritas Monaco
Caritas Mongolia
Caritas Montenegro (separated from Caritas Serbia-Montenegro in 2011)
Caritas Samoa
Caritas Vietnam
Caritas South Sudan
Caritas Fiji
Caritas Kyrgyzstan
Charis
Caritas Tonga
Caritas Azerbaijan
Caritas Kosovo
Caritas Kuwait
Caritas Libie
Caritas Tajikistan
Caritas Uzbekistan
Caritas North America
Caritas Europa
Caritas Oceania
Caritas Africa
Caritas Latin America and Caribbean
Caritas Middle East and North Africa
Caritas Asia
Caritas new global campaign
Seven decades of fighting against poverty and for human dignity
Haiti
The 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti about 90 miles west of the capital Port-au-Prince on the morning of Aug. 14. It was stronger than the 2010 earthquake from which the island is still recovering. The earthquake killed at least 2,207 people with more than 12,260 people sustaining injuries, according to a USAID report. Two days after the quake, Tropical Storm Grace made landfall in Haiti overnight, flooding the country with as much as 15 inches of rain in a single day in certain areas. Read more…
Solidarity in action following the signs of the times
Ukraine
Thanks to the considerable experience existing within local Caritas and its wide network of regional offices, Caritas Ukraine covers the needs of several thousands of people across the country providing material and social aid, psychological support; counseling about and protection of their rights; assisting in reintegration processes. Through this work, Caritas contributes to providing vital social and economic changes, including the development of civil society in the country. Read more…
Promoting Integral Human development – Caritas Oceania in the spirit of Laudato sì
Oceania
Caritas Internationalis’ General Secretariat has developed a three-year plan to build financial capacity and transparency in all 165 members, with training and the establishment of new accounting systems. Caritas is working in the region for Strengthening Pacific resilience to the impacts of COVID-19. Many countries in the Pacific are highly vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic due to underlying challenges to public health systems and access to sanitation. Read more…
Caritas to promoting social justice through sustainable opportunities and building communities
Mozambique
Two years after Cyclone Idai made landfall in Mozambique and set off a series of unprecedented climate-related disasters, 2.5 million people, almost half of them children, remain in need of humanitarian assistance. More than 3,000 children under the age of five have been diagnosed with life-threatening severe acute malnutrition after harvests were washed away in floodwaters. These children are proof that the victims of the climate crisis are first and foremost, the poor and the very young. Read more…
Caritas committed to fight against poverty and for the defence of the Common Home
Venezuela
In Venezuela Caritas is one of the very few organizations able to help people in desperate need, according to the Regional Conference of Cáritas Latin America and the Caribbean, working forto eradicating poverty in all its forms, to end structural injustice and to move towards a different future in the region. Read more…
Caritas at the crossroad of chaos, witnessing for justice, peace and hope
Lebanon
Since October 2019, the country has been going through an economic, financial and sociopolitical crisis to which the COVID-19 pandemic and the explosion of August 4, 2020 in Beirut have been added. According to the World Bank, it is apparently among the 10, and more probably among the 3 most serious crises which have occurred in the world since the middle of the 19th century. Read more…
Journeying together in the spirit of fraternity and solidarity
Asia
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Closing event and launch of the Caritas Internationalis new global campaign
Closing event
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- 9 Nov
- 16 Nov
- 23 Nov
- 02 Dec
- 07 Dec
- 13 Dec
Caritas
North America
This webinar is an occasion to reflect on the developments in the work of Caritas in the North American Region in the areas of integration and poverty alleviation, as well as their humanitarian work abroad, with a special focus on the humanitarian emergency in Haiti.
Caritas
Europa
A webinar on the work of Caritas in the European Region, where there are among the longest standing member organisations of the Confederation, with testimonies of the protracted crisis in Ukraine.
Caritas
Oceania
This webinar is dedicated to the work of Caritas in the Pacific region, with a focus on the impact of climate issues on local communities and Caritas’ work to safeguard our common home and promote integral human development.
Caritas
Africa
A webinar on the work of Caritas in Africa, in the areas of food security and the promotion of integral human development, with testimonies from South Sudan and Mozambique.
Caritas
Latin America
and Caribbean
A webinar on the role of Caritas in the Region, characterised by a strong spirituality, and by the union and fraternal cooperation among the different member organisations of the Confederation.
Caritas
Middle East and
North Africa
A webinar on the work of the Confederation in a region that faces many challenges and where Caritas is at the side of the population even in the most difficult contexts, building bridges of peace and bearing an important testimony of justice and hope.
Caritas
Asia
A webinar on the work of Caritas in Asia, where the Confederation is active in many areas, including disaster response and prevention and refugee support.