By Carlos García Paret, a climate activist from the Brazilian Amazon The situation in Brazil regarding climate change is quite different from that in industrialised nations with higher emissions, such as China, the USA and the EU. As the world’s fourth highest producer of greenhouse gases, 50 percent of Brazil’s emissions derive from deforestation and ...
Caritas is deeply saddened to announce that one of its local staff in Port-au-Prince has been killed. 27-year-old Julien Kénord had just cashed a $2000 check at a local bank when he was shot by unknown assailants in his car. Mr. Kénord died from his injuries in hospital shortly after. Mr. Kénord was an employee ...
By Angela Page Brazil marked Independence day on 7 September. It was a public holiday, a day for celebration. But for many Brazilians it seems that little has changed since colonial times. Some landowners still own farms the size of a small country and continue to wield great power. “With such huge estates it is ...
The Caritas Brazilian Bazaar project is also supporting the campaign with urns at each of its businesses – artisans and small, family-based farmers among others.
Caritas calls for solidarity with the people of Colombia as the country prepares to celebrate “Peace Week – La Semana por la Paz”. Millions of people have fled their homes and many have been killed or maimed in the forty-five year plus internal armed conflict in Colombia. It is a massive humanitarian crisis that has ...
Caritas is calling on European governments to stop the criminalization of migrants as outlined in new EU legislation. Caritas organisations in Latin America and the Caribbean have urged Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and European Union states to review their harmful common migration policies. Caritas and church organisation in Europe backed the call, saying ...
Chile is getting back on its feet six months after the 27 February earthquake left millions without homes and in need of aid. Caritas responded immediately, providing food, shelter, warm clothing and compassion, reaching over a million people. Now Caritas is switching to reconstruction and rehabilitation. But Lorenzo Figueroa, Secretary General of Caritas Chile, says ...
Caritas is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Bishop Jaime Prieto Amaya , President of Caritas Colombia. Msgr Prieto, 69, Bishop of Cúcuta died in Bogotá last night on 25 August following a serious illness. “Msgr Prieto was dedicated to bringing peace to his country. Right up until the final months of his ...
Thank you letter by Bishop Pierre Dumas, President of Caritas Haiti Today, Caritas Haiti continues to share the joys and miseries, the sorrows and hopes of this nation and its crucified history. Caritas manifests the Church’s active compassion and concern for this courageous people. Six months ago the devastating earthquake destroyed the foundations of social ...
Available in pdf Introduction By His Eminence Óscar Andrés Cardinal Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B., Caritas Internationalis President Half a year after the earthquake in Haiti, the most pressing emergency is over. Our priority in the first months was to get food, sanitation and shelter to hundreds of thousands of people in need. Now, we also ...