When the deadliest storm in its history struck the Philippines just over a decade ago, Development and Peace ― Caritas Canada implemented one of its most comprehensive relief and rehabilitation programs ever.
Will the international community finally go beyond statements and resolutions to actually make Israel stop the brutal bloodletting it has been visiting on Gaza for 183 days?
Gaza’s only Catholic church has become a refuge for a dwindling but defiant community that is hanging on to peace and hope even as Israeli bombs and shells are raining death and destruction all around it.
With Israel remaining intransigent about invading Rafah despite the entreaties of the prime ministers of Australia, Canada and New Zealand, the Caritas agencies of these three countries urge their governments to do more to secure peace in Gaza.
On the grim second anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine, we provide an update on how Canadian solidarity is helping our partners bring succour to millions affected by the war.
With the International Court of Justice ruling changing little of the situation in Gaza and Canada’s apparent indifference to it, Development and Peace ― Caritas Canada and other civil society organizations are stepping up their advocacy.
The generosity of Catholics everywhere allows the Caritas network, which includes Development and Peace ― Caritas Canada, to support millions around the world who are displaced by conflict and political, economic and environmental disasters.
At a special Advent webinar, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem and the secretary general of Caritas Jerusalem appealed for a complete ceasefire in Gaza, a call being echoed today by Caritas Internationalis in a Global Day of Action.
Development and Peace ― Caritas Canada urges the Canadian government to call for a ceasefire and invites Canadians to give generously to a matched-fund collection in aid of besieged families in Gaza.
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