As a hunger crisis driven by conflict, climate change and other complexities grips many parts of the world, Christians are reaching out across continents to mount a response at every level from the global to the local.
With the war on Gaza appearing to have mercifully ended at long last, our partner Caritas Jerusalem has resumed its much-needed humanitarian work with the distribution of infant formula.
Having helped people in Gaza and the West Bank through two years of unimaginable adversity, Caritas Jerusalem expresses “deep relief and hope upon hearing the news of the agreement to end the war.”
Over 50 civil society organizations, including Caritas Internationalis, call for an end to Israel’s assault on Gaza City, which they characterize as a death sentence for the Palestinian people besieged there.
Development and Peace ― Caritas Canada responded to the appeal that Caritas Morocco launched to provide rapid assistance to the victims. Two years on, we present an overview of the results achieved in partnership with Caritas Morocco and of the challenges that remain in the areas most affected by the earthquake.
The members of the Permanent Council of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) have issued a statement in response to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
The famine in Gaza, officially confirmed last week by the UN, is caused by what Caritas Internationalis denounces as “a machinery of annihilation, sustained by impunity and the silence, or complicity, of powerful nations.”
Writing to minister of foreign affairs Anita Anand, leading Canadian NGOs including Development and Peace ― Caritas Canada urged the Government of Canada to stop arms transfers to Israel even as it imposes mass starvation on Gaza.
In Israel’s actions in Gaza, Caritas Internationalis sees “a blatant disregard for the values and fundamental principles of humanity” and clear violations of various laws and conventions, “including the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.”
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