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What have Pope Francis, Jesus and the Rolling Stones got in common?

17/07/2013 Blog, Brazil, Catholic Teaching, Latin America, Meetings & Events by Caritas Communications

Read the blog in Spanish, in French, or in Portuguese. By Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, President of Caritas Internationalis Like the Rolling Stones a few years before him, Pope Francis will gather to celebrate with millions of young people on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro next week. The occasion will be World Youth Day, ...

A slice of Rio in Scotland

12/07/2013 Blog, Brazil, Catholic Teaching, Europe, Latin America, Scotland, United Kingdom by Caritas Communications

By Val Morgan, SCIAF (Caritas Scotland) Scotland’s Rio is an event for the young people of Scotland to coincide with the World Youth Day being celebrated with Pope Francis in Rio de Janeiro in July 2013. It will take place at Stirling University Campus from Thursday 25 – Sunday 28 July, 2013. We hope to ...

Dancing in the street

4/07/2013 Blog, Brazil, Catholic Teaching, Latin America, Meetings & Events by Caritas Communications

Caritas member organisations around the world are preparing for World Youth Day in Rio. Here’s what some young people who are going to WYD with Cafod (Caritas England and Wales) say:

“Expect the unexpected” – World Youth Day with Pope Francis

1/07/2013 Blog, Brazil, Catholic Teaching, Latin America, Meetings & Events by Caritas Communications

What inspires young people to cross continents for a celebration of faith with Pope Francis? Lilian Chan, on line editor for Caritas Australia, tells us about the energy, diversity and unity to be found at World Youth Day. One of the phrases I’ve most heard during my preparations for WYD is “to expect the unexpected”! ...

Come to World Youth Day with Caritas!

12/04/2013 Blog, Brazil, Catholic Teaching, Latin America by Caritas Communications

Greetings of hope to all Caritas friends from all over the world! We are living a time of hope and good news. One of them is that World Youth Day will take place in the beautiful city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 23rd to 28th July. We from Caritas Brazil want to meet and ...

World Youth Day 2013: Participation of young people of Caritas

26/03/2013 Advocacy, Brazil, Development, Food, Latin America, Meetings & Events, SDG by Caritas Communications

Caritas Brazil will hold an international youth meeting on 14th and 15th July in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Young people from Caritas member organisations are also invited to take part in the Missionary Week leading up to WYD.

Brazil’s flood legacy lives on

26/07/2012 Brazil, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Latin America by Caritas Communications

Martina Liebsch, Director of Policy for Caritas Internationalis, traveled to Brazil in June to attend the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. She also visited a Caritas project in the region and reports back on Caritas’ efforts to help flood survivors. “In my 67 years I have not seen something like this,” says a woman ...

Rio+20: faith based organisations keep the hope alive

23/06/2012 Advocacy, Argentina, Brazil, Development, High-Level Meetings and Events, Latin America by Caritas Communications

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxk_4tz4NY8&feature=youtu.be] By Martina Liebsch, Caritas Internationalis Director of Policy and Advocacy It has become a tradition that faith based organisations host a side event together at major global conferences, like at the UN conferences on climate change in Cancun and Durban. Over 120 people gathered in one of the last of the side events at ...

Rio+20: conference reflections

22/06/2012 Advocacy, Blog, Brazil, Climate Change, Development, Food, High-Level Meetings and Events, Latin America by Caritas Communications

By James Stella On entering the Rio+20 Conference centre, the participants are instantly greeted by an enormous blue coloured digital billboard displaying the extensive list of side events scheduled for the day. Listed on the board one will find the name, location and time of the event. With events scheduled around the clock, from 9:00 ...

Rio+20: Solidarity Economics

21/06/2012 Advocacy, Argentina, Blog, Brazil, Development, High-Level Meetings and Events, Latin America by Caritas Communications

Espanol Solidarity can be the currency of an alternative economy agreed Caritas representatives at a panel event during Rio+20 Summit, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development taking place in the Brazilian capital. Caritas Brazil, France, Peru and Costa Rica and other staff of the Catholic confederation of aid agencies reflected on how to democratize ...