Messages from Rome Archives - Page 5 of 5

Pope Benedict encourages work of Caritas for those most in need

16/05/2012 Messages from Rome, News, Press Release by Caritas Communications

Pope Benedict XVI greeted delegates from Caritas Internationalis during his weekly General Audience, encouraging their work for the poor. Caritas Internationalis President Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga received updated Statutes and Rules and a General Decree from the Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone on behalf of Pope Benedict on 2 May. The revised Statutes and ...

Pope Benedict approves new legal structure for Caritas Internationalis

2/05/2012 Messages from Rome, News, Press Release by Caritas Communications

Pope Benedict XVI has given his seal of approval via the Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone to new Statutes and Rules governing Caritas Internationalis, the umbrella organisation for 164 national Catholic aid and development agencies. Caritas Internationalis President Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga received the new Statutes and Rules and a General Decree during a ...

Pope Benedict blesses Caritas Internationalis at its General Assembly

27/05/2011 Messages from Rome, News, Press Release by Caritas Communications

Pope Benedict XVI reaffirmed the Holy See’s support for Caritas Internationalis in an audience with Caritas delegates from around the world on the last day of the confederation’s 19th General Assembly. Pope Benedict said that “national Caritas agencies are called to continue their vital witness to the mystery of God’s healing and transforming love made ...

Caritas response to Pope on condoms and HIV and AIDS

3/12/2010 Catholic Teaching, Health, HIV & AIDS, Messages from Rome by Caritas Communications

Why should Caritas and other Catholic Church organizations be encouraged by these comments of Pope Benedict XVI? Comment by Pope Benedict XVI: “the Church does more than anyone else. And I stand by that claim. Because she is the only institution that assists people up close and concretely, with prevention, education, help, counsel, and accompaniment.” Talking ...

Caritas statement on Pope and HIV and AIDS

21/11/2010 Catholic Teaching, Health, HIV & AIDS, Messages from Rome by Caritas Communications

Caritas Internationalis welcomes the Pope’s reported comments on the importance of responding to the HIV pandemic. They are an affirmation of the importance of pastoral sensitivity and compassion in HIV and AIDS prevention. The comments are reported in the book “The Pope, the Church and the Signs of the Times” due to be published ...

Churches warn G8: A billion people may face hunger

7/07/2008 Advocacy, Asia, Development, High-Level Meetings and Events, Japan, Messages from Rome, Poverty Elimination, SDG by Caritas Communications

Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday urged G8 leaders to take measures to fight poverty and hunger at a time of soaring food and oil prices. More than 850 million people were already living without enough to eat before the food crisis that began as prices shot up in the early months of 2008. The current ...