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 [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Peace and Reconciliation’
May 21, 2010
Colombia comes to Norway
Available in Spanish By Michelle Hough, communications officer for Caritas Internationalis As I ride on the bus from Rygge airport to Oslo and look at the lush green countryside and fjords, I think “Why can’t they transport some of this to Haiti, where there’s little water and very few trees?” But the focus of my [...]
January 25, 2010
Troubled horizons in the Middle East
The period running up to parliamentary elections in Iraq in March will be critical for the long term security of a country beset by violence. Caritas fears that extremists will use the elections to carry out acts of violence and that the poor will suffer the most. Mosul, Kirkuk, and Dora in Baghdad will be [...]
December 17, 2009
Pope Benedict’s message for the World Day of Peace 2010
If you want to cultivate peace, protect creation Respect for creation is of immense consequence, not least because “creation is the beginning and the foundation of all God’s works”, and its preservation has now become essential for the pacific coexistence of mankind. Man’s inhumanity to man has given rise to numerous threats to peace and [...]
December 1, 2009
Hondurans take first steps
Caritas Honduras joined other non-governmental organizations and the Metropolitan University of Honduras as part of the “Hagamos Democracia” (“We make Democracy”) initiative during recent Presidential elections.
November 27, 2009
Palestinian solidarity day
In 1977, the General Assembly called for the annual observance of 29 November as the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. On that day, in 1947, the Assembly adopted the resolution on the partition of Palestine. As part of the observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People on [...]
October 5, 2009
Africa Synod: Message from the President of Caritas Africa
By President of Caritas Africa Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga Archbishop of Kampala, Uganda for the Africa Synod of Bishops in the Vatican. “Jesus Christ does not teach us a spirituality ‘of closed eyes,’ but one of ‘alertness,’ one which entails an absolute duty to take notice of the needs of others and of situations involving [...]
October 2, 2009
Zimbabwe Bishops on need for reconciliation
By Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference God Can Heal The Wounds Of The Afflicted: A Pastoral Letter on National Healing and Reconciliation, 1 October 2009 1. Introduction The Spirit of the Lord is upon our land and God is ready to heal us. Today, as we struggle with the Global Political Agreement, national economic recovery, the [...]
September 12, 2009
Ugandans talk peace
By Patrick Nicholson Religious, political and cultural leaders met for the first time together to discuss peace and reconciliation in Kampala 10-12 September. The “Conference on Sustainable Reconciliation, Justice and Peace” was organized by the Interreligious Council of Uganda and Caritas Uganda, and supported by Caritas members in Ireland, the UK, and the USA (Trocaire, [...]
September 11, 2009
Riots breakout in Kampala as peace builders meet in Uganda
By Patrick Nicholson in Kampala Sometimes scripts write themselves. As delegates at a peacebuilding conference for Uganda spoke about the need to seek reconciliation, gunfire cracked outside and the black smoke from burning tires blew past the window.
