The Caritas-CIDSE G20 Network of Catholic agencies says making sure all people have access to appropriate food must be the priority for the leaders of G20 economies as they meet 18-19 June in Mexico. There are 925 million people in the world without enough to eat. About 300 children die from malnutrition every hour while Read more
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Attack on Girl Scouts shows current law isn’t working
Friday, May 18th, 2012
Various institutions within the American church have been of concern to the US bishops over the past few years — and now it is the turn of the Girl Scouts. In a recent article, Joan Chittister writes that the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, Catholic Charities in the US, Caritas, and now the Girl Scouts, Read more
Vatican reasserts control over Caritas
Friday, May 4th, 2012
The Vatican is to take direct control of the Catholic charity Caritas Internationalis, to ensure its “distinctive identity”. Vatican Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone said the charity network would come under the direct control of his secretariat and the “Cor Unum” Council which is in charge of the Roman Catholic Church’s charity work. An “ecclesiastical Read more
Sudan president: only way to negotiate is with bullets and rifles
Friday, April 27th, 2012
Sudanese president Omar al Bashir says the only way to negotiate with the South Sudanese is “with bullets and rifles.” Bashir’s rhetoric and the attitude of the United Nations has Caritas Internationalis warning that Sudan and South Sudan are just a step away from the brink of full-scale war. Caritas is urging the Sudanese leaders Read more
- Anglican Archbishop of Sudan appeals for peace as tensions rise between neighbouring countries
- Obama to Sudan, South Sudan: Conflict is not inevitable
- Sudan declares war on South Sudan over oil
- South Sudan frees prisoners to defuse tensions
- CAFOD calls for peace in Sudan and South Sudan
- Sudan security arrests three Darfur Catholic officials
Italy: new Caritas centre opens in town recovering from earthquake
Tuesday, April 17th, 2012Caritas Italy is launching a new community centre tomorrow, in an area devastated by a powerful earthquake in 2009. The disaster killed 309 people. Many more were injured and hundreds lost their homes. Continue reading
Swelling with Syrian refugees Lebanon is a human emergency
Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
There are around 20,000 refugees from Syria in Lebanon, which according to Caritas Lebanon is making Lebanon a “human emergency”. The refugees are exhausted and desperate. More expected to follow. Fr Simon Faddoul, President of Caritas Lebanon tells Fides: “The official figures of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees speak of 8-9000 displaced Syrians, officially Read more
Caritas launches appeal for Sahel (West Africa) food crisis
Friday, March 16th, 2012
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has launched a Special Appeal and pledged NZ$50,000 towards averting severe hunger and deaths in the Sahel region of West Africa. ‘An estimated 13 million people are in grave danger,’ says Caritas Director Julianne Hickey. ‘This has been brought on by severe drought, poor harvests, and rising food prices – made Read more
Caritas assists Syrian Refugees
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012
“Women and children and the elderly are coming out in the cold, with nothing but the clothes on their backs, to seek safety.” reports Father Simon Faddoul, president of Caritas Lebanon. “It’s very cold, and they have nothing,” he said. The U.N. refugee agency said that as many as 2,000 Syrian Refugees crossed into Lebanon Read more
Syrian armed forces and rebels force thousands to scramble to freedom
Friday, March 9th, 2012
Caritas is scrambling to find housing for thousands of Syrian refugees fleeing to neighboring Lebanon because of ongoing violence between Syrian forces and armed rebels. More than 1,000 people have made their way to the town of Qaa in the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon March 5. They are struggling in the region’s near-freezing temperatures. Read more
Europe’s austerity measures threaten poor – Caritas warns
Friday, December 23rd, 2011
Caritas Europe warns European nations’ that austerity measures threaten social services for the poor. “The governments’ focus on reductions in public expenditure on social security benefits and services, wage reductions and increases in tax will disproportionately impact upon the poorest in society,” the report found. “The austerity measures pursued by many countries will result in Read more