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Strong families are our best defence against poverty

11/09/2014 Advocacy, Africa, Asia, Development, Europe, Latin America, Meetings & Events, Middle East & North Africa, North America, Oceania, Poverty Elimination, SDG by Caritas Communications

Caritas Internationalis and the Pontifical Council for the Family will host a one-day seminar on the role of the family in the global economic crisis. The meeting will look at how Caritas as the charitable arm of the Church can work through families to better promote development.

Global family meal plan at the UN

1/09/2014 Advocacy, Agriculture, Development, Food, High-Level Meetings and Events, Malnutrition, Poverty Elimination, SDG by Caritas Communications

Caritas’ Right to Food workshop in New York addressed need for governments to act on hunger.

To end AIDS by 2030

28/07/2014 Advocacy, Australia, Development, Health, High-Level Meetings and Events, HIV & AIDS, Oceania, SDG by Caritas Communications

UNAIDS is moving from a strategy of ‘zero new infections, zero AIDS-related deaths, zero discrimination’ to one where 9 out of ten people who are living with HIV know their status, receive therapy and that the virus is surpressed in their bodies.

New tech solutions for HIV

28/07/2014 Advocacy, Asia, Australia, Blog, Cambodia, Development, Health, High-Level Meetings and Events, HIV & AIDS, Oceania, SDG by Caritas Communications

New technologies offer hope to sick people living in poverty. At an AIDS conference in Melbourne, Australia, four scientists associated with Catholic institutions discussed ways to measure HIV infections and treat them.

Migrants making their home in Morocco

9/07/2014 Development, Middle East & North Africa, Migration, Minor migrants, Morocco, Refugees, SDG by Caritas Communications

Morocco used to be a ‘transit country’ for migrants – one through which they would pass on their way to Europe. Now, more and more migrants are settling in Morocco. Europe wants Morocco to be a ‘guardian’ so the migrants stay there.

Church as defender of immigrants and refugees

9/07/2014 Africa, Asia, Catholic Teaching, Development, Europe, Latin America, Messages from Rome, Middle East & North Africa, Migration, Minor migrants, North America, Oceania, Refugees, SDG, Trafficking by Caritas Communications

In the western hemisphere, the Church’s role as defender of migrants and refugees is more important than ever, as those on the move continue to be subject to abuse, exploitation, and violence.

Decent work is best way out of poverty

30/04/2014 Advocacy, Development, Labor exploitation, Migration, Poverty Elimination, SDG by Caritas Communications

Catholic Church-inspired organisations reaffirm their commitment to eliminate poverty through decent work at conference in Rome.

Poverty damaging family life and society

26/03/2014 Advocacy, Brazil, Development, Latin America, Poverty Elimination, SDG by Caritas Communications

Poverty is a “major pastoral emergency” for the Church, say Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga of Caritas Internationalis and Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia of the Pontifical Council for the Family.

Voices of faith on International Women’s Day

12/03/2014 Advocacy, Agriculture, Development, Food, Migration, Poverty Elimination, SDG by Caritas Communications

Caritas launches One Human Family, Food for All prize at Voices of Faith inside the Vatican on International Women’s Day.

Caritas launches prize to honour women against hunger

7/03/2014 Advocacy, Agriculture, Aid Success Story, Development, Food, News, Press Release, SDG by Caritas Communications

Caritas Internationalis and the Fidel Götz Foundation are launching the Women Sowers of Development Prize to honour the role of women in solving world hunger.