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Second Year of War in Ukraine: Caritas Prepares Long-Term Plans

Second Year of War in Ukraine: Caritas Prepares Long-Term Plans

Two years after the beginning of the war and nearly a decade after the conflict in the east of the country, the humanitarian situation in Ukraine continues to deteriorate and will not improve if hostilities do not stop. This is the picture described by the two local Caritas organisations – Caritas Ukraine and Caritas-Spes Ukraine ...

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EARTHQUAKE IN SYRIA AND TURKEY, ONE YEAR OF CARITAS HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE AND THE CALL FOR SILENCE NOT TO FALL

EARTHQUAKE IN SYRIA AND TURKEY, ONE YEAR OF CARITAS HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE AND THE CALL FOR SILENCE NOT TO FALL

One year after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Turkey and Syria on 6 February 2023, local Caritas organisations, supported by the entire Caritas network, continue to support the local population in dire need. In Turkey, the National Caritas, together with Caritas Anatolia, supported by Caritas Istanbul and Izmir, have been active from the first moments, ...

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Holy Land: Caritas Internationalis joins today’s Global Day of Action calling for a Ceasefire Now

Holy Land: Caritas Internationalis joins today’s Global Day of Action calling for a Ceasefire Now

Caritas Internationalis joins the Global Day of Action organised today, 18 December, in support of #CeasefireNow, the open call for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and Israel to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe and further loss of innocent lives. Caritas Internationalis and several of the Confederation’s 162 national Caritas have joined the initiative, including Caritas MONA (Middle East and North Africa) and ...

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Catholic Networks Unite, Pleading for Fossil Fuel Phase-Out and Climate Justice at COP28

Catholic Networks Unite, Pleading for Fossil Fuel Phase-Out and Climate Justice at COP28

Dubai/Brussels/Rome, 7 December 2023 – The international networks of Catholic social justice organisations, Caritas Internationalis and CIDSE, urge negotiators and world leaders attending the Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai to work for a just and bold agreement that ensures the phase-out of all fossil fuels, gets the planet on track to achieving the Paris ...

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CARITAS: COP28 TALKS MUST CROSS CORRECT IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CRISIS, STOP RISE OF EXTREME POVERTY

CARITAS: COP28 TALKS MUST CROSS CORRECT IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CRISIS, STOP RISE OF EXTREME POVERTY

This year Caritas Internationalis will participate in global climate talks at COP28 (30 November – 12 December) in Dubai as part of the Holy See Delegation. At COP28, Caritas, a confederation of 162 national member organisations, will urge state leaders to support Global South nations, which bear a disproportionate burden from the impacts of the ...

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16 Days of Activism: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

16 Days of Activism: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women 2023 (November 25), Caritas Internationalis calls for an end to the pandemic of violence against women and girls which continues to pervade societies all over the world. Caritas envisions a just world in which all people experience the love, compassion and fullness of life. ...

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SUFFERING, HOPE & RESILIENCE IN SOMALIA: ‘THANK GOD WE ARE ALL STILL ALIVE TO TELL THE STORY’

SUFFERING, HOPE & RESILIENCE IN SOMALIA: ‘THANK GOD WE ARE ALL STILL ALIVE TO TELL THE STORY’

“We have witnessed drought before, lost animals and crops, however, unlike other periods, we usually had enough livestock and crops to sustain ourselves until the rainy season. Now the rains have failed for the fourth time and we are not sure if the fifth rainy season will come,” shares Habey Maanur Mohamud, a 60-year-old mother ...

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CARITAS CLIMATE DISPLACEMENT PUBLICATION HIGHLIGHTS DESPERATE NEED FOR ACTION TO PROTECT PEOPLE ON THE MOVE

CARITAS CLIMATE DISPLACEMENT PUBLICATION HIGHLIGHTS DESPERATE NEED FOR ACTION TO PROTECT PEOPLE ON THE MOVE

As part of the inauguration week of the Global Year of Action of the “Together We” campaign, aimed at promoting integral ecology by simultaneously protecting people and our planet, Caritas Internationalis today launched its new publication Displaced by a Changing Climate: Caritas Voices Protecting and Supporting People on the Move. The publication explores the experiences ...

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TOGETHER WE ‘GLOBAL YEAR OF ACTION’ LAUNCHED WITH LETTER WRITING INITIATIVE

TOGETHER WE ‘GLOBAL YEAR OF ACTION’ LAUNCHED WITH LETTER WRITING INITIATIVE

With the launch of the Global Year of Action as part of Caritas Internationalis’ global campaign Together We, national member organisations and partners have come together through an online event to endorse the campaign’s year-long “Tree of Life” letter-writing initiative to encourage concrete climate action to build a safer planet – our common home – ...

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