Caritas Archives

Caritas in Korea joins to help Ghana tackle youth unemployment

Jun 18, 2021

Caritas, the church’s charitable aid agency, is tackling unemployment in Ghana, especially for young women.

Vatican summit a ‘source of hope’ for Lebanese Christians

Jun 3, 2021

Catholic charities in Lebanon are applauding Pope Francis decision to invite the country’s Christian leaders to the Vatican on July 1 to pray for peace and stability in the country.

By Inés San Martín

Online system is denying people access to vaccines, Italian official says

May 27, 2021

More than 700,000 foreigners in Italy are “invisible” in the eyes of the country’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign and are being denied legal access to the vaccines, warned a top public official.

By Carol Glatz

Church program keeps Peruvian students learning during pandemic

May 27, 2021

Graciela Torres has two developmentally challenged children. Getting them an education on the outskirts of Moquegua, a small city in southern Peru, was never easy. Arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic made it much harder.

By Lucien Chauvin

Atrocities still occurring in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, says priest

May 14, 2021

A priest from the Catholic Eparchy of Adigrat in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray says killings, abductions and rape are still occurring in the region where a military offensive launched in November.

By Fredrick Nzwili, CNS

Rome’s got a new bishop – no, not the pope, but cut from his cloth

May 7, 2021

We’re not talking about the Bishop of Rome, but a bishop, specifically the most recent Auxiliary Bishop of Rome serving under Italian Cardinal Angelo De Donatis, the pope’s vicar for the eternal city: Bishop Benoni Ambarus, who’s almost universally known around town as “Don Ben.”

By John L. Allen Jr.

New head of English Catholic charitable arm looks to post-COVID world

May 6, 2021

Taking on his new position as head of the Caritas Social Action Network (CSAN), Raymond Friel has been immediately faced with the challenge of how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting’s the Church’s social ministry.

By Charles Collins

Catholic groups work to feed Brazilians affected by job loss, COVID-19

Apr 26, 2021

As unemployment increases and COVID-19 infections surge in the country, Catholic entities in Brazil are ramping up efforts to feed the increasing number of people going hungry.

By Lise Alves