The director of Caritas in Congo was shot and killed by an armed militant group while approaching a roadblock, Caritas Internationalis announced. In a statement published on social media on Sept 23, Caritas International said it was “shocked by the news of the death of our colleague, Dieudonné Barondezi, director of the Caritas branch in Read more
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Crisis called over Caritas Luxembourg’s missing $111 million
Thursday, August 8th, 2024
Caritas Luxembourg has created a crisis committee after disclosing around 61 million euros (circa NZ$111 million) is missing from its accounts. The Catholic charity is a member of Caritas Internationalis – confederation of Catholic relief groups. It is one of Luxembourg’s largest charities. Caritas Luxembourg says it is providing counselling for its almost 500 employees. Read more
Pope Francis and his Caritas International takeover
Thursday, November 24th, 2022
Back in the late 1960s and 1970s, detractors of St. Paul VI dubbed him the “Hamlet Pope” for his alleged waffling and the perceived fashion in which he would agonise over difficult decisions. Whether that image of the pontiff was fair or not, it stuck, so much so that it featured in the opening paragraphs Read more
Caritas NZs parent body is launching Gaza appeal
Thursday, May 20th, 2021The parent body of Caritas NZ, Caritas Internationalis, is launching a special appeal to bring medical care to the population affected by the ongoing shelling in Gaza. Caritas Jerusalem is preparing to respond to the urgent needs of the thousands injured and the thousands of people forced to leave their homes either because they were Read more
Pope Francis approves Caritas Internationalis’ new statutes
Thursday, February 20th, 2020The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis had approved changes to Caritas Internationalis’ governing statutes and internal rules. The new statutes had been in effect since May 2019 after a decree from the Vatican Secretariat of State approved changes made by the general assembly of Caritas. Pope Francis approved the amended statutes and internal rules Read more