Severe Drought Brings Starving Kenyans to Church Doorsteps
When her pantry runs dry, Agnes Mwikali walks down a dusty road to the local Roman Catholic Church mission. There, beyond the metal gate and the church garden where the crops are withering, she steps into the administration building and asks for a 4-pound bag of cornmeal. In Thatha, her home, about 93 miles northeast […]
Nuns in Malawi in the Fight against Climate Change
The Teresian Sisters of the Child Jesus from Dedza Deanery of the Catholic Church have planted over 200 trees at Mlale, Traditional Authority Masula in Lilongwe. Sister Tereza Mulenga, a Tutor at Bembeke; St Joseph’s Teachers Training College, said they thought of planting the trees as one way of responding to the Pope’s call to […]
Caritas supports humanitarian corridor for Horn of Africa refugees
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Caritas launches appeal not to abandon the people of Haiti
(Vatican Radio) In Haiti, over 2.1 million people were affected by Hurricane Matthew at the end of last month when torrential downpours and strong winds felled trees, swept away people and animals, and destroyed up to 90 percent of homes in some areas of the southwestern peninsula. Caritas Internationalis, the Catholic Church’s humanitarian agency is […]
Holy See: World must work for integral human development
(Vatican Radio) The Vatican’s representative to the United Nations has decried the fact that hundreds of millions of people still face hunger and undernourishment, in a speech given on Monday to the UN General Assembly. “Despite progress made since 1990 in reducing hunger, nearly 800 million people are still undernourished, at a time when global […]
Relancer la Caritas en Centrafrique dans un esprit de dialogue au sein de l'Eglise
Déclaration finale de l’atelier national « RELANCER LA CARITAS EN CENTRAFRIQUE DANS UN ESPRIT DE DIALOGUE AU SEIN DE L’EGLISE » Bangui, le 7 octobre 2016 Près d’un an après la visite mémorable du Pape François, plus de 40 personnes venant de tout le pays, évêques, vicaires généraux et secrétaires diocésains, membres du Conseil d’administration, se sont […]
Des élèves sensibilisés aux actions de solidarité de Caritas
A l’heure de la récréation, ils étaient nombreux les élèves du Collège Saint-Gilbert à se précipiter à la table où se tenait la vente de brioches. Celle-ci faisait partie d’une série d’actions caritatives de solidarité menées conjointement par les collèges de Montcenis et de Montceau. Erwan, Jade, Amandine, Ornella, Antonin, Anaïs et Etienne, élèves de […]
Tony Blair Interacts with Caritas on Preventing Malaria in Sierra Leone
The Awareness Times Newspaper in Freetown, Sierra Leone, recently published an information stating that the Tony Blair Faith Foundation has in partnership with Caritas Freetown organised a one-day special meeting with a cross section of Sierra Leone religious stakeholders and Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. It was a very interactive meeting and by all indications you […]
Caritas feeding school children in drought-stricken Zimbabwe
(Vatican Radio) Zimbabwe is one of several Southern African countries affected by the El Niño weather system that’s led to unusual weather patterns and 21 million people in need of food aid. In some of the worst-hit parts of the country, between a half and two-thirds of households are going hungry. The situation is expected […]