The “World Cup” that really counts is the COP15 in Montreal

COP15 is an opportunity to remind our leaders of the urgency of acting to protect the environment and immediately instituting the essential changes that people everywhere, in the Global North and the Global South, are demanding.

People and Planet First Part 2

As we mark Development and Peace’s 55th year, growing our movement and continuing to advocate for strong corporate due diligence laws are the twin foci of the next phase of our campaign.

Get to know the youth movement and 2022 OA youth delegates

Development and Peace — Caritas Canada has been working with young people for decades to encourage them to get involved in international solidarity and infuse

Coming together to envision our future as a movement

Under the theme Create Hope, Development and Peace — Caritas Canada’s 2022 Orientation Assembly will unfold from June 16 to 19 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. We are delighted to announce that the speakers joining our delegates, National Council members and staff will include Canadian Cardinal Michael Czerny, S.J., as well as Caritas Internationalis Secretary General Aloysius John, the Honourable Graydon Nicholas of the Our Lady of Guadalupe Cercle, Sister Jean Bellini of the Pastoral Land Commission in Brazil and Director Asume Osuoka of the Social Development Integrated Centre in Nigeria.

Significant environmental successes for our campaign

Our People and Planet First campaign has made encouraging progress on advocating for mandatory human rights and environmental de diligence laws, but we cannot rest yet.

Feliz Navidad from Canadian kids to Honduran heroes!

As part of the People and Planet First campaign, a group of Canadian high school students on a solidarity retreat sent messages of support to wrongly imprisoned human rights defenders in Honduras.