The International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Trafficking in Persons is on 8 February. To mark the day we look at exploitation on the South China Sea.
Caritas joins Pope Francis’ call for individuals, communities and world leaders “to welcome, protect, promote and integrate” migrants and refugees at every stage of their journey.
With temperatures dropping at night during the next few weeks, a hard year is closing with yet more endurance required of the Rohingya people in Bangladesh refugee camps.
Pope Francis was the first pontiff to visit in 500 years of Christianity in Myanmar. He brought a message of peace so people may “build harmony and cooperation in serving the common good”. Conflict between the military and ethnic armed groups in Myanmar has left the country impoverished and the people open to exploitation, especially ...
As countries pledged $344 million for the Rohingya refugee crisis at a UN conference in Geneva yesterday, Caritas underlined the urgency of translating promises into practical help.
Caritas visits a Rohingya family in a Bangladesh refugee camp, as food and cookware packages reach 70,000 people.
Caritas scales up emergency relief in Bangladesh as numbers of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar exceed 500,000.
Three young men - Yancuba, Amadou and Berete - were Pope Francis’ special guests at his Wednesday General Audience at the Vatican at the launch of Caritas’ ‘Share the Journey’ campaign.
“Hope is what drives the hearts of those who depart,” said Pope Francis on 27 September as he opened the Caritas ‘Share the Journey’ migration campaign.
Pope Francis is to launch Caritas Internationalis’ ‘Share the Journey’ migration campaign in Rome on Wednesday 27th September 2017.