By Matters India Reporter Rome, May 16, 2023: Caritas Internationalis has elected a Scottish layman as the secretary general of the humanitarian and development arm of the Catholic Church. Alistair Dutton has worked in the organization since 1996 and has more than 25 years of experience in the humanitarian field,Continue Reading
Vatican City, Nov 23, 2022: Pope Francis has fired the entire leadership of Caritas Internationalis (CI), the Catholic Church’s worldwide charity arm, following accusations of bullying and humiliation of employees, and appointed a commissioner to run it. The move involved the executives of the Vatican-based confederation of 162 Catholic relief,Continue Reading
The Covid-19 pandemic in India continues unabated, with 29 million infections reported so far. The country, on June 10, recorded the world’s highest number of deaths from the disease in a single day, reaching the dramatic figure of almost 360 thousand. Video testimony For this reason, Caritas Internationalis (CI) releasedContinue Reading
Rome: As many as 45.7 million people were internally displaced as a result of conflict and disasters in 61 countries and territories around the world by the end of 2019, according to the Global Report by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre. “This figure is the highest ever recorded,” Caritas InternationalisContinue Reading
New Delhi, July 30, 2020: The number of victims of trafficking has gone up during the coronavirus pandemic, says a joint statement issued by two Christian organization on the occasion of the World Day against Trafficking in Persons that falls on July 30. Caritas Internationalis and Christian Organisation Against TraffickingContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Rome, May 25, 2019: Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines has been re-elected the president of Caritas Internationalis, a confederation of Catholic charities around world. Cardinal Tagle, who is also the archbishop of Manila was confirmed for a second four-year-term at the Caritas general assemblyContinue Reading
Caritas now requires prior permission to fund projects in IndiaContinue Reading
The Assembly focused on the theme ‘One Human Family Caring for CreationContinue Reading
Fr Prakash will talk on how to reduce inequalities and achieve a really sustainable developmentContinue Reading
Caritas is due to elect a new president and a secretary general during its 20th general assembly, being held May 12-17 in RomeContinue Reading
