Not for the first time, Caritas Internationalis, the second-largest humanitarian relief agency in the world after the Red Cross, has been going through a rough patch in its relations with the Vatican, says The Tablet. This has resulted in the demoralising departure of its secretary general, Dr Lesley-Anne Knight, the renewal of whose four-year contract Read more
Michel Roy is the new general secretary of Caritas. The 56-year-old Frenchman was voted in by a majority of delegates at the organisation’s general assembly in Rome. Roy’s election followed the Vatican withholding the nomination for a second term of the then current general secretary, Lesley-Anne Knight. Immediately following his election, Roy addressed the assembly. “I’m Read more
There are many things still unclear about why Lesley-Anne Knight, secretary general of Caritas Internationalis, has been unexpectedly prevented from applying for a second term of office. President of Caritas, Cardinal Oscar Andrés Rodríguez de Maradiaga of Honduras, voiced his “incomprehension” at the decision.