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
Filed under Caritas news, Español, Français, Peace and Reconciliation
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
Filed under Economic Justice, G 20 London Summit 2009
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
Filed under Economic Justice, G 20 London Summit 2009
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
Filed under Caritas news
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
Filed under Caritas news, Climate change, Español
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
Filed under Economic Justice, G 20 London Summit 2009
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
Filed under Caritas news
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.
Filed under Caritas news, Peace and Reconciliation
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
Filed under HIV and AIDS
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
Filed under Peace and Reconciliation
