Catholic Teaching Archives - Page 8 of 11

Mensaje de la Caritas de América Latina y el Caribe. Elección del Papa Francisco

15/03/2013 Blog, Catholic Teaching, Latin America by Caritas Communications

“MISERANDO ATQUE ELIGENDO” – Su Santidad Francisco Todas las Caritas de América Latina y el Caribe, nos unimos al regocijo que experimenta el Pueblo Santo de Dios después de haber hecho oración al Padre, para que a través del Espíritu de su Hijo Jesucristo, llamara y eligiera a Francisco para vivir la comunión con El ...

The night when Pope Francis was elected

14/03/2013 Blog, Catholic Teaching by Caritas Communications

By Michelle Hough, communications officer for Caritas Internationalis If I think of St Francis, I think of sandals… and a cord belt around a rough brown tunic, a bald pate and of course, a man surrounded by birds and squirrels. My thoughts about him had never gone further than the usual clichés that I learnt ...

Waiting for the sun…and a Pope

13/03/2013 Blog, Catholic Teaching by Caritas Communications

By Michelle Hough, communications officer for Caritas Internationalis It was a good day for umbrella sales people but a bad day for a Pope. As in no Pope was elected during the morning of the second day of the conclave. No one expected a Pope to be elected so early but me and about 10,000 ...

Cardinal Rodriguez looks at the challenges facing the Church

5/03/2013 Blog, Catholic Teaching by Caritas Communications

The President of Caritas Internationalis, Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga of Tegulcigalpa, talks to Catholic News Service about the challenges facing the Church as Cardinals prepare to choose a new Pope. He also tells CNS’s Cindy Wooden about how the cardinals prepare for a Conclave. Read article. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf-QDQLN5fw]

Goodbye Pope Benedict

27/02/2013 Blog, Catholic Teaching by Caritas Communications

By Michelle Hough, communications officer for Caritas Internationalis It’s a strange thought, the Pope surrounded by packing boxes. It’s an even stranger thought the Pope not being Pope any more. As I waited for Pope Benedict to appear for his final General Audience this morning I glanced at his apartment windows overlooking St Peter’s Square. ...

Message of His Holiness Benedict XVI for Lent 2013

4/02/2013 Catholic Teaching by Caritas Communications

“Believing in charity calls forth charity” “We have come to know and to believe in the love God has for us” (1 Jn 4:16)

Cardinal Rodriguez on Caritas and Catholic identity

6/12/2012 Blog, Catholic Teaching by Caritas Communications

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL9MKMGg7fs&feature=youtu.be] Thanks CNS

African church leaders to reaffirm work of Caritas

15/11/2012 Africa, Catholic Teaching by Caritas Communications

By Jacques Dinan, Executive Secretay of Caritas Africa The identity and mission of Caritas in the light of the encyclical “Deus Caritas Est” is the theme of the meeting of Bishops that will take place in Kinshasa from 20 to 22 November 2012. Some 60 bishops, comprising the presidents of national caritas organisations and presidents ...

Caritas links charity with evangelisation at synod

26/10/2012 Blog, Catholic Teaching, Français by Caritas Communications

Caritas Internationalis secretatry general, Michel Roy, has spoken on behalf of the Caritas confederation at the Synod of Bishops in the Vatican. Acting as an “auditor” at the three-week meeting, Mr Roy gave a speech on the relationship between charity and evangelisation. Read the speech in French, Spanish and English. View photos.

People with special needs supported by Caritas Cuba

21/03/2012 Catholic Teaching, Cuba, Development, Latin America, Poverty Elimination, SDG by Caritas Communications

In Cienfuegos, Cuba, a group of young people with Down Syndrome are putting on a show for their parents and friends. The young people delight in singing and dancing.