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Brazil, World Youth Day
World Youth Day 23rd-28th July By Michelle Hough, communications officer for Caritas Internationalis Read in Spanish. Pope Francis now has more people following him on twitter in Spanish than he ...
Acli, domestic workers, ILO, NoDi
Caritas campaigned hard to get the convention approved and ensure the rights of domestic workers were respected. The very nature of domestic work – behind closed doors and hidden from ...
central african republic
Read in French By Clotaire Mbao Ben Seba, Bangui If you think a smile is stronger than a weapon If you believe in the power of an offered hand, If ...
Caritas lebanon, volunteers
Cardinal Sandri invited young men and women to be “protagonists of history” and reminisced the night vigil that took place in Bkerkeh during Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI visit to Lebanon, ...
caritas, Caritas CAR, Emergencies, RCA
Cases of arbitrary killings, robberies, looting and abductions have been reported throughout Central African Republic since Seleka rebel forces seized power in March.
caritas, Caritas Congo, congo, Emergencies, Goma, M23
By Guy-Marin Kamandji After about six months of a truce, fighting has resumed around the eastern Congolese city of Goma, in North Kivu. An offensive by M23 rebels started on ...
caritas, Caritas Congo, development, water
By Guy-Marin Kamandji, Caritas Congo Musawu walks with a firm step, carrying 20 litres of water on her head with great agility. The water must be equivalent to about half ...
aleppo, caritas, Caritas Syria, Emergencies, Syria
By Bishop Audo of Aleppo, Caritas Syria President For two years Syria has been pulled apart by conflict. Violence and anarchy have become widespread. We have become conditioned by tragedy. ...
caritas, Caritas Bangladesh, disaster preparedness, Emergencies
The tropical cyclone ‘Mahasen’ is heading towards coastal part of the Bay of Bengal and at any time it may cross any parts of Bangladesh or India or Myanmar on ...
Burma, caritas, Caritas Australia, disaster preparedness, Emergencies, Myanmar
As part of the five year anniversary of Cyclone Nargis, 600 people from 10 villages came together on the 28th and 29th of April, 2013. The two-day event led by ...
Africa, caritas, central african republic, CORDAID, CRS
Reports coming out of Bangui paint a brutal picture of fear and violence with no end in sight. No one feels safe and help and comfort are hard to come ...
caritas, Caritas Hong Kong, earthquake, Sichuan
According to Caritas Hong Kong, the earthquake that shook the Sichuan Province in Southwest China a week ago has claimed the lives of 200 people and wounded 12,000 affecting over ...
caritas, Caritas Austria, Caritas lebanon, Emergencies, Syria, Syrian refugees, Syrian refugees crisis
The humanitarian situation in Lebanon is desperate as over a million Syrian refugees seek safety in their tiny neighbour. “What we have been seeing is unbelievable, says President of Caritas ...
caritas, earthquake, Jinde Charities
Caritas partners are struggling to reach Taiping, a remote township near the epicentre of Saturday’s deadly earthquake. The earthquake of 6.6 magnitudes struck the province of Sichuan in Southwest China ...
caritas, CRS, Pacem in Terris, Peacebuilding
Catholic leaders, academics, and U.S. government officials addressed Catholic peacebuilding and U.S. foreign policy at a major conference, Peacebuilding 2013: Pacem in Terris at 50, April 9-10, at The Catholic ...
caritas, Caritas Pakistan, earthquake, Emergencies, Iran, pakistan
A strong earthquake of 7.8 magnitude hit Pakistan at 15.44 hours (10.44 GMT ) today. The tremors were felt in Islamabad, Lahore, Abbottabad, Peshawar, Hyderabad, Quetta, Multan, Kohat, Hangu, Bannu, ...
Caritas Brazil
Greetings of hope to all Caritas friends from all over the world! We are living a time of hope and good news. One of them is that World Youth Day ...
caritas, Caritas Congo, caritas Goma, child soldier, child soldiers, conflict, Democratic Republic of Congo, Emergencies, North Kivu, sex slaves
By Taylor Toeka, Caritas Goma Francais Germain Muhindo comes top of his class almost always, yet a few months ago the eight year old first grader had never even seen ...
caritas, Caritas lebanon, Emergencies, Lebanon, Syria
[youtube=http://youtu.be/-5-o2mN_J8Q] By Soraya Naufal, Caritas Lebanon – Information and Communication Department The number of Syrian refugees who have fled to Lebanon since the beginning of the Syrian crisis in March ...
caritas, Caritas lebanon, Caritas Lebanon Migration Center, Lebanon, Syria, Syrian refugees
By Caritas Lebanon Migrants Centre The parents of 8-month old Amjad Aalawayn came to the Caritas Lebanon Migrant Centre in Zahle in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon on Wednesday 3 ...
aleppo, caritas, Caritas Syria, Syria crisis
By Caritas staff These last three days have been particularly difficult and deadly in Aleppo. Caritas works in the Jabal Es Saydeh quarter with families who have been forced from ...
bekaa valley, Caritas lebanon, CORDAID, Lebanon, Middle East, palestinian refugees, Syria crisis, Syrian refugees
By Jos de Vogd, CORDAID (Caritas Netherlands) After two years of fighting in Syria, the flow of refugees into neighbouring Lebanon is increasing the pressure on this small country by ...
AIDS, CHAN, HIV, HIV/AIDS, Mother-to-Child Transmission
For the past two years, CHAN has followed closely the implementation of the UNAIDS- PEPFAR (US government AIDS Initiative) Global Plan to Eliminate New HIV Infections among Children by 2015 ...
inaugural mass, Michelle Hough, Pope Francis, St Peter's
By Michelle Hough, communications officer with Caritas Internationalis It’s been a week of lots of coffee, very little rest and some very bad, unhealthy food mostly eaten standing up. But ...
journalists, Michelle Hough, Pope Francis, St Peter's Square, truth
By Michelle Hough, communications officer for Caritas Internationalis I’ve seen Pope Francis three times in six days, starting with the night he was elected. Every time I’ve had to wear ...
Caritas Latin America, Pope Francis
“MISERANDO ATQUE ELIGENDO” – Su Santidad Francisco Todas las Caritas de América Latina y el Caribe, nos unimos al regocijo que experimenta el Pueblo Santo de Dios después de haber ...
caritas, Michelle Hough, Pope Francis
What’s in a name? Since the Holy Father chose to be the first Pope Francis in history, many people have been speculating about the significance of this. Francisco Gearóid Ó ...
Election, Michelle Hough, Pope Francis, Rome, St Peter's
By Michelle Hough, communications officer for Caritas Internationalis If I think of St Francis, I think of sandals… and a cord belt around a rough brown tunic, a bald pate ...
chimney, Conclave, Michelle Hough, Pope, smoke, St Peter's
By Michelle Hough, communications officer for Caritas Internationalis It was a good day for umbrella sales people but a bad day for a Pope. As in no Pope was elected ...