Claudia Lombardi, Author at Caritas

Caritas Internationalis launches a new resource to promote women’s leadership

7/03/2024 Uncategorised by Claudia Lombardi

On Thursday 7 March, Caritas Internationalis will publish, Equality, Encounter, Renewal: A Caritas commitment to women’s leadership and participation, based on the Holy Scriptures and Catholic Social Teaching values and principles. This is a booklet which aims to increase understanding about the Church’s teachings in relation to women’s leadership, and to accompany and facilitate dialogue, ...

Caritas mourns colleague’s death in an attack in Gaza

20/10/2023 Jerusalem, Middle East & North Africa by Claudia Lombardi

Statement of Caritas Internationalis and Caritas MONA. This morning we were devastated to learn of the death of our colleague Viola, 26-Year-old, who was killed alongside her husband and their infant daughter in an airstrike attack on the St. Porphyrios Orthodox Church in Gaza. May they rest in peace. The Church provided refuge for around ...

The Joy of Serving and Accompanying Pregnant Women after Almost Nine Years of War in Yemen

25/09/2023 Uncategorised by Claudia Lombardi

According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), 21.6 million people are currently in need of humanitarian assistance in Yemen. The major problems are food insecurity, malnutrition, lack of access to health services, water and sanitation facilities, and protection needs. Caritas Poland, a member of Caritas Internationalis, is implementing a ...

Caritas Stands in Prayer with Pope Francis and Coordinates Urgent Response to Morocco Earthquake

10/09/2023 Earthquake, Morocco, Uncategorised by Claudia Lombardi

Caritas Internationalis joins hands with Pope Francis and extends its condolences and support to the victims of the devastating earthquake that has struck Morocco. “Having learned with sorrow of the earthquake that violently struck Morocco, Pope Francis expresses his communion in prayer in the face of this natural disaster,” read the telegram of condolences sent ...

“In Ukraine women become everyday more resilient”

30/08/2023 Blog, Crisis in Ukraine, Emergencies in Ukraine by Claudia Lombardi

Odarka Bordun, Head of Communication at Caritas Ukraine, talks about the attack on Lviv and how women, like her, are coping with family and work as their role in society becomes more crucial everyday. Here is her interview. On 6 July, Lviv experienced a devastating attack on civilian infrastructure during the ongoing war in Ukraine. ...

YOUTH ARE THE HOPE AND FUTURE OF CARITAS

7/08/2023 Uncategorised by Claudia Lombardi

The Youth delegation, together with young staff and volunteers of Caritas from around the world, have met with Caritas Internationalis Secretary General Alistair Dutton during the World Youth Day festival in Lisbon. This year, Caritas organised a range of activities as part of the official World Youth Day program for pilgrims attending the biggest youth ...

CARITAS RESPONDS TO HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN SOUTHERN UKRAINE FOLLOWING DAM COLLAPSE

16/06/2023 Crisis in Ukraine, Emergencies in Ukraine, Ukraine, Uncategorised by Claudia Lombardi

A week after the devastating destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in Khersonska Oblast, the Caritas humanitarian aid programs in southern Ukraine are tirelessly continuing their efforts to provide assistance in areas where humanitarian access remains extremely limited. The receding floodwaters, now measuring just above 2 metres in some areas, down from the 5.6-metre peak on ...

Caritas Internationalis Highlights Faith and Local Perspectives at Bonn Conference

8/06/2023 Advocacy, Food Crisis by Claudia Lombardi

Caritas Internationalis is participating in the Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB58), taking place from June 5 -15. Caritas expects the conference to build upon the outcomes of COP27 and guide and support Parties in completing the technical work necessary to achieve robust outcomes at COP28 in December. SB58 will continue discussions on various important issues ...

Our food

29/05/2023 Advocacy, Climate Change by Claudia Lombardi

“There is a great variety of smallscale food production systems which feed the greater part of the world’s peoples” — Laudato si’ (129) The way we produce and consume food is intimately connected with the living world around us, and with climate change, biodiversity, water use and pollution. Agriculture also increasingly provides raw material for ...

22nd GA Daily Wrap: Day 4 and 5

15/05/2023 Uncategorised by Claudia Lombardi

On Sunday (May 15), a spiritual retreat was held for members attending the 22nd General Assembly of Caritas Internationalis at Fraterna Domus in Sacrofano, north of Rome. In the morning, spiritual reflections were led by Fr Rev. Fr. Manuel Morujão and His Eminence Cardinal Antonio Tagle inspired by the Encyclical Letter Fratelli Tutti. The theme of Fraternal ...