Monthly Archives: October 2009
A better life – but what cost?
By Martina Liebsch, Caritas Internationalis migration advocacy officer Lucie Detsi wanted to study. She wanted a better life. She left Cameroon for Italy, where she worked for families as a domestic worker. This work wasn’t legally recognised and in some … Continue reading
Filed under Migration and Trafficking
Iraq’s children play for peace
Make me a channel of your peace. Where there is hatred let me bring your love. By Caritas Iraq staff Over two dozen children died in Iraq’s latest bombing. They were on a bus coming home from a day care … Continue reading
Filed under Caritas news, Emergencies
Europeans must face up to duties on climate change
Caritas Europa (the group of Caritas members in Europe), along with two other faith-based networks, sent a letter yesterday addressing top EU decision-makers in advance of the European Council on 29-30th October where EU Heads of State will take critical … Continue reading
Filed under Climate change
Helping India’s Most Vulnerable Flood Victims
By Laura Sheahen, Catholic Relief Services’ regional information officer Sixteen-year-old Renuka works twelve hours a day in a garbage dump in southern India, sorting cans, bottles, and glass. Each day she earns about 80 cents, enough to bring a few … Continue reading
Filed under Caritas news, Emergencies
Summary from the Synod of Bishops for Africa
Looking at Africa today Rich in human and natural resources, many of [Africa's] people are still left to wallow in poverty and misery, wars and conflicts, crisis and chaos. … [These] are largely due to human decisions and activities by … Continue reading
Filed under Caritas news
“No jobs, no crops, no food”
By Laura Sheahen, Catholic Relief Services’ (CRS) regional information officer, reporting from India Photos are available here. “When the flood hit, the water rose from my feet to my waist in five minutes,” says Kasturi, a 20-year-old mother who is … Continue reading
Filed under Caritas news
A centre for migrants in Peru
By Martina Liebsch In a little house, like any other in the street, around 30 people from different nationalities live together, all for different reasons of need. Sr Mercedes Lopez is the head of the Caritas funded “Hogar del Migrante” … Continue reading
Filed under Caritas news, Migration and Trafficking
Fifty days to get a climate deal in Copenhagen
By Christine Campeau, Caritas Climate Justice Analyst UN climate talks ended in Bangkok on 9 October with disappointing progress. While there was success on consolidating the 180-page negotiating text, the political divides on issues such as mitigation and financing are … Continue reading
Filed under Caritas news, Climate change
The Catholic Church in numbers
Every October, the Catholic Church’s missionary new service Fides publishes a series of statistics on the Catholic Church. This year we learn that there are 1,146,656,000 Catholics in the world. And here are some numbers that reflect the impact of … Continue reading
Filed under Caritas news
Sumatra quake: a look inside the CRS team
The Caritas emergency response covers both the work of our national member and the activities of our international members. CRS is a Caritas member in the US with a long record of supporting vulnerable communities in Indonesia. Debbie DeVoe, CRS … Continue reading
Filed under Emergencies, Sumatra quake
