Heeding Pope Francis’s call to pray for the Sudanese people, Development and Peace ― Caritas Canada supporters from across the country joined an online rosary for peace in the country, which remains embroiled in a deadly conflict between two rival generals.
At the recent regional assembly in Saskatoon, Sask., members of Development and Peace ― Caritas Canada were inspired by anecdotes and insights from our Asia programs officer.
Members of the Diocese of Edmundston in New Brunswick are delighted with the success of their benefit concert marking the end of Share Lent 2023 that sold about 300 tickets and raised $5,000 for our organization.
Our director of public engagement pays tribute to one of the most ardent, articulate and abiding allies that Development and Peace ― Caritas Canada has ever known.
Canada can and must legislate to halt the havoc that giant global corporations in the fashion and mining industries are wreaking across the planet, from Bangladesh to Brazil and beyond.
Now that Share Lent 2023 is over, let’s relive the highlights of Development and Peace ― Caritas Canada’s annual fundraising campaign.
Raquel Soto, our first Share Lent 2023 solidarity visitor in five years, came from Colombia to share her message of hope and inspire us with her peasant woman’s quest for defending her territory poetically through filmmaking. Here’s a look at the Quebec leg of her visit.
A decade since fast fashion and commercial greed claimed the lives of over 1,100 garment workers in Bangladesh, we are rallying to pay homage to their memory and to demand fairer terms and stricter legal protections for workers everywhere.
In solidarity with our partners’ and their communities’ struggles against mining-related injustices in the Global South, our members mobilize in the industry’s hometown to denounce, protest, educate about and advocate against its abusive practices.
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