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World Day of Migrants and Refugees – Let mutual love continue

On this World Day of Migrants and Refugees, we join local churches and other faith-based communities in addressing the basic human needs of migrants and refugees who are forced to flee their homes and countries

Put the dignity of the human person, not private interests, at the center of all food policies

As world leaders gather on September 23rd for the UN Food Systems Summit, Caritas Confederation expresses its concerns and reaffirms its core values about the future of food systems.

Food security and integral human development

Realising the right to adequate food and ensuring food security for all is part of a vision aimed at integral human development.

Caritas Internationalis addresses the G7: “We cannot ‘build back better’ on social injustice”

It is impossible to "build back better" without cancelling the debt of poor countries and reinvesting these funds in COVID-19 response and recovery

Promoting clean water and hygiene in Catholic health facilities

The Catholic Church is the largest civil institution that provides healthcare in the world. It builds and runs healthcare facilities (HFCs) and is present – through Caritas and other religious bodies

COVID-19 vaccines must be made available for all with equity and justice

Vaccines are to be considered as common property of humanity and must be made available for all with equity, justice and as a human right.

Urgent action for universal and equal access to COVID-19 vaccines

Caritas Internationalis Secretary General, Aloysius John, urges the international community to put the respect for human rights and human dignity at the heart of the recovery from the pandemic.

“Love rejoices in seeing others grow” Lent 2021 message

The Holy Father reminds us that Lent is the season of hope. It is this hope that we nurture together that helps us believe that “history does not end with our mistakes, our violence and injustice, or the sin that crucifies Love. It means receiving from Jesus’ open heart the Father’s forgiveness”.

Urgent action for access to COVID-19 Vaccines. Nobody should be left out

Caritas confederation urges decision makers and the United Nations to call for a Security Council meeting to address access to vaccines as a global security problem and to undertake debt remission of the poorest countries

Caritas Bosnia and Herzegovina raises alarm over plight of migrants in the country

As many as 3,000 migrants are struggling to survive in appalling and freezing conditions in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina and are in desperate need of adequate shelter, warm clothes, nutritious food and medical assistance.

Caritas in Europe

Caritas Europa brings together 49 Caritas organisations, working in 46 European countries. Together, they focus their activities on poverty, social exclusion and inequality as well as migration and asylum.

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Updates from Europe

World Day of Migrants and Refugees – Let mutual love continue

Put the dignity of the human person, not private interests, at the center of all food policies

Food security and integral human development

Caritas Internationalis addresses the G7: “We cannot ‘build back better’ on social injustice”

Promoting clean water and hygiene in Catholic health facilities

COVID-19 vaccines must be made available for all with equity and justice

Urgent action for universal and equal access to COVID-19 vaccines

“Love rejoices in seeing others grow” Lent 2021 message

Urgent action for access to COVID-19 Vaccines. Nobody should be left out

Caritas Bosnia and Herzegovina raises alarm over plight of migrants in the country

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