Support to refugees by the Archdiocesan Caritas of São Paulo, Brazil
The Archdiocesan Caritas of São Paulo, Brazil, has just produced a video on the humanitarian work taking place at the Reference Centre for Refugees in São Paulo, Brazil. This is a very well documented and informative video. Many thanks and congratulations to Caritas São Paulo for the good work. Please click on the picture to […]
Church to use its idle land in Africa for Agriculture
Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (KCCB) Pontifical Missionary Society (PMS) National Director, Fr. Celestino Bundi has said the Catholic Church has elaborate structures and capacity to play a part in human existence-food security. Following this realisation, 40 pilot agricultural projects in Ethiopia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Kenya have been launched. More
AFRICA/DR CONGO – One dead and one wounded in the attack against a vehicle of Caritas, the third in a year
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – A driver of Caritas was killed in a road ambush near Uvira in South Kivu (eastern province of the Democratic Republic of Congo). The incident occurred on March 25, when a vehicle of Caritas in Uvira in charge of transporting the salaries of teachers in the Fizi Territory, was blocked near […]
Uvira (RD Congo): un mort et un blessé lors d'une nouvelle attaque d'un convoi de la Caritas
Une personne a été tuée et une autre blessée vendredi 25 mars au sud d’Uvira au cours d’une attaque armée menée par des individus non autrement identifiés contre un véhicule de location de l’ONG catholique Caritas, qui transportait les salaires du mois de mars des enseignants du territoire de Fizi. Les victimes sont le conducteur, […]
Deus Caritas Est: 10 years after / 10 ans après / 10 años después
The Pontifical Council Cor Unum organized on 25 and 26 February 2016 at the Vatican City a Congress to mark the tenth anniversary of the Encyclical Deus Caritas Est. At the end of the Congress, Msgr Giampietro Dal Toso, Secretary of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum addressed the participants. Here’s what he said in Conclusions at this Congress. ……………….. […]
Prayer for Peace in Syria / Prière pour la Paix en Syrie
Rentrée scolaire 2016: Caritas Rwanda distribue du matériel scolaire à 5 390 élèves pauvres du primaire et 9 610 du secondaire
Du 15 au 29 janvier 2016, la Caritas Rwanda a mené une campagne de distribution du matériels scolaires aux élèves orphelins et autres enfants pauvres assistés par le projet Caritas Rwanda/ USAID Gimbuka. Au total, 5 390 élèves de l’école primaire et 9 610 de l’école secondaire ont bénéficié de cette assistance. Le projet Caritas […]
The Pope’s Video about Care for Creation
The Pope’s prayer intention for February is: “That we may take good care of creation –a gift freely given– cultivating and protecting it for future generations.” . The Pope Video is an initiative by the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network to disseminate the monthly intentions of the Holy Father concerning the challenges facing humanity. The Global […]
Caritas Bénin : campagne pour des élections pacifiques
Comme en 2006 et en 2011, Caritas Bénin sensibilise les populations des villes et campagnes du Bénin pour la préservation de la paix avant, pendant et après l’élection présidentielle. As in 2006 and 2011, Caritas Benin is sensitizing people of Benin’s cities and rural areas for the preservation of peace before, during and after the […]
Caritas Yei (South Sudan) Delivers Food Aid To IDPs In Yei
By Modi Gilbert YEI, 03 February 2016 [Gurtong] – Caritas Yei has distributed food aid to the internally displaced persons-IDPs camping in the former UNIMISS camp in Yei. The food Items include 90 bags of maize and 25 bags of beans each weighing 25kgs. Bala Francis, the Livelihood Program Assistant said that over 1000 individuals […]