Caritas Archives

Catholic leaders urge governments to protect indigenous during pandemic

Apr 1, 2020

As the coronavirus spreads through South America, Catholic Church leaders are calling urgently for governments to protect indigenous people.

By Barbara Fraser

Three African countries show varied preparations for COVID pandemic

Mar 31, 2020

Caritas Ghana has put in place a nine-month emergency response plan with the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference to ensure that the poor and vulnerable receive critical and basic services in the two archdioceses most affected by the COVID-19 outbreak.

By Damian Avevor

English bishop urges Catholics to keep up charitable giving during COVID-19 crisis

Mar 26, 2020

Catholics need to keep the poor, vulnerable and isolated at the “forefront of our minds” during the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis, according the head of England’s Caritas Social Action Network.

By Charles Collins

Church leaders urge that migrants not be forgotten during coronavirus pandemic

Mar 26, 2020

Church leaders around the world are pleading that migrants not be forgotten during pandemic.

By Christopher White

Catholic agencies: Move refugees from Greece to avoid pandemic disaster

Mar 25, 2020

Catholic aid agencies have urged the evacuation of Syrian war refugees from camps in Greece to “avert a catastrophe” from the coronavirus. “More than 42,000 people are trapped in hopelessly overcrowded camps and horrific conditions — there is no hope of containing any outbreak,” Caritas Europe, Jesuit Refugees Service and

By Jonathan Luxmoore

Catholic groups in Cuba step up to care for island’s elders

Mar 7, 2020

When New York’s Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan and a group from the Archdiocese of New York visited Cuba in February, they spent quite a bit of their mission trip doing what a lot of volunteers and staffers at Catholic organizations on the island do: visiting, encouraging and caring for the elderly.

By Rhina Guidos