Entrevista con Monseñor Hector Fabio Henao, director de Caritas Colombia ¿Se han registrado últimamente mejoras en la situación que vive Colombia? Han cambiado muchas cosas en el ambiente político del país desde cuando se conoció el nombre del próximo Presidente de la República. Además del movimiento normal de las estructuras burocráticas cuando el poder pasa [...]
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August 30, 2010
Elderly left vulnerable in Pakistan flooding.
By David O’ Hare, Trόcaire (Caritas Ireland) “We have just enough food to last for a few more weeks but after that I don’t know how we will cope” said Dhani Buksh a flood survivor from the southern province of Sindh in Pakistan. “We have lost everything. Our home is gone. I am seventy and [...]
August 30, 2010
Katrina five years later
Bells rang out in St Louis Cathedral in New Orleans Sunday as residents of New Orleans marked the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The storm slammed near one of the major US cities, forcing over a million people from their homes. Catholic Charities USA, a Caritas member in America, responded by providing much needed aid [...]
August 30, 2010
Bishop of Hyderabad on Kotri flooding
Bishop Max Rodrigues of Hyderabad speaking on his visit to Kotri barrage, Sindh province.
August 27, 2010
Aid brings hope for Pakistan’s flood victims
By Shahzada Ifran, Caritas Communications Officer “I could see a huge breach in the wall of my house from a distance. It seemed the house would soon fall apart. That exactly happened right in front of my eyes,” said Feroz Masih. When the rains came to Rehampur village, in the Okara district in Punjab, Pakistan, [...]
August 24, 2010
Pakistan’s bishops call for Christian solidarity in the face of floods
JOINT APPEAL OF THE CATHOLIC BISHOPS OF PAKISTAN FOR DISASTER RELIEF ACTION Our country is facing the biggest natural disaster in its history. The super floods of the mighty River Indus have brought death and wide spread destruction – over 15 million people have been affected and lakhs of homes have been washed away by the raging waters. We stand in [...]
August 19, 2010
Flood in Pakistan: Life between hope and fear
Interview with Thomas Preindl, Caritas Austria Only a couple of weeks ago, before the floods, Saramina was a normal village. Maybe the only notable fact about this village was its religious diversity. Here, two hours drive north-west from Pakistan’s capital Islamabad, Muslims, Christians and Hindus were living next to each other peacefully. At that time [...]
August 19, 2010
Pakistani women cope with flood’s aftermath
This story first appeared on Catholic Relief Service’s website. Catholic Relief Services is a US member of Caritas Internationalis. “We didn’t know the flood was coming. It was night-time and we were asleep in our rooms,” says 43-year-old Rukhtaj, a mother of six. “Some people came and woke us up. They warned us that the [...]
August 13, 2010
Caritas remembers Jacques Montouroy, CRS worker
Jacques Montouroy, 63, an aid worker with Catholic Relief Services who distributed food to the hungry in some of the world’s most desperate and dangerous places, died July 29 at a hospital in the western African nation of Sierra Leone. He had complications from an ulcer. Read the Washington Post story
