Available in French By Laura Sheahen, Caritas Communications Officer A black pupil within azure and indigo swirls, the ‘ayn’ is supposed to ward off envy and the evil eye. These ...
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AIDS, caritas, health care, HIV, Vitillo
By Monsignor Bob Vitillo How does our faith anchor and propel the Catholic Church’s response to people living with HIV? In addition to providing the best care, HIV programs implemented ...
caritas, Caritas Congo, caritas Goma, congo, Emergencies, Peacebuilding
En français:E x-combattants The situation in the eastern Congo province of North Kivu continues to deteriorate since conflict resumed in March after hundreds of former rebels defected from the army ...
caritas, climate, economic inequalities, environment, motorcyclists association, Rio+20
By James Stella On entering the Rio+20 Conference centre, the participants are instantly greeted by an enormous blue coloured digital billboard displaying the extensive list of side events scheduled for ...
caritas, Rio+20
Espanol Solidarity can be the currency of an alternative economy agreed Caritas representatives at a panel event during Rio+20 Summit, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development taking place in ...
caritas, Rio+20
Caritas hosted a side event on the 18 June on ‘Achieving Sustainable Development through Solidarity Economy: Outstanding Issues and Perspectives of “Converting” Economy into Ecology’. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poWB-Pt-cuE&feature=plcp]
caritas, Rio+20
By James Stella On Sunday, 19 June, Caritas members attending the Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development enjoyed a memorable day when they participated in a Holy Mass with Archbishop Orani ...
caritas, environment, Rio 20
With the planting of a tree, the Brazilian Episcopal Conference, with bishops and priests from the Latin American church, began Mass in the Cathedral of St. Sebastian in the city ...
caritas, Caritas Syria, Middle East, Secours Catholique, Syria crisis
Chaldean Catholic Bishop Antoine Audo of Aleppo in Syria and head of Caritas Syria has been in France for meetings with Secours Catholique (Caritas France). He spoke to François Tcherkessoff. ...
caritas, Caritas Congo, caritas Goma, congo
Despite fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu between the government army and rebels, Caritas has been able to get food aid through to people in desperate need. ...
caritas, Caritas Austria, Martina Liebsch
By Martina Liebsch, Caritas Internationalis Policy and Advocacy Director I start with a loaf of bread: Our daily bread. We need to share it and more importantly provide people the ...
caritas, caritas italiana, earthquake, Emergencies, Emilia Romagna
The Catholic Church in Italy will hold a national fundraising collection in parishes Sunday 10 June following the earthquake and aftershocks that have affected the Emilia Romagna region. The Italian ...
caritas, Food Congress
Par Ryan Worms « La faim dans le monde n’est pas une fatalité, c’est une tragédie qui pourrait être évitée. » Par ces mots, le cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga, président ...
Caritas Caritas Jordan, Syria
The UN says 108 people have been killed in the Syrian town of Houla. Nearly half of them were children. Witnesses and survivors told the UN that most of the ...
armed gangs, caritas, Caritas Congo, child soldiers, DRC, gaming, Goma
All week they come. The children arrive at the centre tired and breathless. They say they’ve been seized by fighters who want to use them as child soldiers in the ...
caritas, earthquake, Italy
An earthquake in northern Italy has killed at least seven people, caused serious damage to buildings in several towns and left about 3000 people homeless. The magnitude-6.0 quake struck in ...
caritas, Caritas South Sudan, Emergencies, Juba, Kosti, South Sudan
Caritas staff and volunteers have been working flat out all over South Sudan to prepare for the return of refugees from north Sudan. In Juba, between 12-15,0000 returnees stranded in ...
caritas, CRS, Dadaab, Kambioos, Kenya, Somali refugees
In summer 2011, when famine and violence were engulfing her country, Fadumo “Mama” Sharif Mohamed left Somalia with her husband and ten children. On their eight-day trek to the Dadaab ...
caritas, Caritas Nepal, Katie Orlinsky, US Embassy to the Holy See
Caritas staff members and colleagues from six continents were in Rome for Caritas Internationalis governance meetings this week. They also had time to see a photo exhibit showcasing Caritas’ work ...
caritas, Caritas Congo, caritas Goma, conflict, Goma, IDPs, refugees, WFP
“They come haggard, exhausted and desperate,” said Taylor Kakala, communications officer for Caritas Goma. “These men, women and children fled in panic, leaving with nothing.” They’re coming from the Masisi ...
caritas, Caritas Germany, Caritas Jordan, refugees, Syria, Syria crisis, Syrian refugees, volunteers
By Caritas Internationalis and Caritas Jordan staff “I like to help others,” said Madleen Qandah, a 21 years old mathematics student in Mafraq. She is volunteering with Caritas Jordan as ...
caritas, Caritas lebanon, Caritas Lebanon Migration Center, Caritas Syria, Emergencies, Syria Conflict
Selim* has been working for Caritas Syria in Aleppo for three months helping people with food and other aid. He says Aleppo has been hit hard by the economic crisis ...
caritas, Caritas Jordan, Caritas lebanon, Caritas Syria, Middle East Conflict, refugees, Syria, Syria Conflict
By Patrick Nicholson The Catholic Church in Syria has made this powerful statement on the crisis there, where daily violence continues to have a deadly toll and more people are ...
caritas, Mali, West Africa Food Crisis 2012
Fears are growing over the humanitarian situation in northern Mali. Some 268,000 people have now fled northern areas seized last month by Tuareg rebels and Islamists.
caritas, Caritas Rome, Lê Quyên, Obituary
Caritas friend and colleague Lê Quyên Ngô Ðình died this morning in a traffic accident in Rome when her vehicle was involved in collision with a school bus. She was ...
AIDS, caritas, HAART for Children, HIV, Pope Benedict, UNAIDS
Executive Director of UNAIDS Michel Sidibé was in Rome yesterday for meetings with Pope Benedict XVI, Holy See officials and Caritas Internationalis representatives. Sidibé asked Pope Benedict for his support ...
caritas, Caritas Jerusalem, Gaza
By Caritas Jerusalem Communications Department, Since end of February, Caritas Jerusalem operations in Gaza have been impacted by an oil supply crisis. “It started with difficulties in communicating with our ...
caritas, Caritas Jordan, Caritas lebanon, Caritas Syria, Middle East Conflict, Syria refugee crisis
Refugees continue to flee conflict in Syria to Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey. Meanwhile, the Vatican has announced that Pope Benedict’s Holy Thursday Mass collection in St. John’s basilica will go ...
caritas, Caritas lebanon, fundraising, Lebanon, MONA
By Nigel Wallace, Caritas Internationalis Director of Income Development Caritas Lebanon is very fortunate to have Fr. Simon Faddoul as its president. The charismatic priest and his enthusiastic team are ...
caritas, Caritas Niger, Catholic Relief Services, CRS, Food Crisis, Sahel, West African Food Crisis 2012
The crisis is threatening the Sahel region of Africa—the band of land below the Sahara desert, extending from Senegal to Chad. In a normal year, the Sahel receives on average ...