Monthly Archives: March 2009

Cardinal Martino hails peacebuilding toolkit

Read this in Spanish and French “With a realization of the gift of peace, people within a community are able to cooperate with one another in order to grow and develop. Establishing peace is the key element to that cooperation. … Continue reading

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G20: Bring back ethics

Fr Joe Komakoma, Secretary General of the Zambian Bishops Conference, gives his thoughts to World Leaders on the Put People First march in London, 28th March 2009. Care of Caritas England and Wales (CAFOD) Secretary General of the Zambian Bishops … Continue reading

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Put People First March

By Cafod staff Ahead of the G20 meeting, Caritas England and Wales (CAFOD) campaigners took part in a march on Saturday, March 28 in London to call for a change in global economics. They were joined by Church voices from … Continue reading

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DR Congo – While we wait for Peace

By Peter Kristvik Risholm, Information Officer, Caritas Norway I’m in a small village in Rugari in the province of North-Kivu with Darya, the emergency relief coordinator for Caritas Norway. Until a couple of months ago this area was controlled by … Continue reading

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The global common good in a world of scarce resources

Read this post in Spanish Statement from the CELAM-Misereor Symposium, Vatican City, 6 and 7 March 2009 (1) Given the current situation of climate change, the international financial crisis and dwindling natural resources, as Church organisations we believe it is … Continue reading

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Don’t forget the developing world at the G20

Caritas Australia is calling on G20 leaders to put the poor in the developing world front and centre at next week’s London Summit. “International bailouts from the financial crisis have exceed $4 trillion USD – yet an increase of about … Continue reading

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Thoughts on Caritas regions and partnership

By Joseph Farah, President of Caritas Middle East and North Africa Caritas is composed of seven regions. Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa, North America, and Oceania. I’m President of Caritas Middle … Continue reading

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Peace-on-line at Vatican Radio

Hear Caritas Internationalis Head of Communications Patrick Nicholson and Sr Aine Hughes of Caritas South Africa discuss the new Peacebuilding.caritas.org site on Vatican Radio.

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Simply, Stopping Tuberculosis

3rd World Stop TB Partnership Forum 24th March – World TB Day By Rev. Msgr. Robert J. Vitillo Head of the Caritas Internationalis Delegation in Geneva and Chairperson, Catholic HIV and AIDS Network (CHAN) When compared to the biennial International … Continue reading

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Make a difference through peacebuilding

As Caritas launches a major new peacebuilding website Joseph Cornelius Donnelly, Caritas Internationalis’ Delegate to the UN in New York, talks about peacebuilding at a personal level Finding a peace that lasts, a just peace that makes a genuine difference … Continue reading

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