Tag: Caritas

VATICAN CITY -- Charity involves more than offering material aid to those in need; it also calls for a commitment to fostering societal change,...

Nicaragua has revoked the legal status of the Caritas chapter in the Diocese of Matagalpa and continued arresting priests and laity there, delivering another...

NEW YORK -- Anahit Mkhoyan, executive director of Caritas Georgia, understands that working for a Catholic humanitarian organization means so much more than providing...

Catholics in Greece have called for lessons to be learned after a wave of fires devastated parts of the country amid highest summer temperatures...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis praised Poland's welcoming of refugees escaping the violence of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "You were the first to support Ukraine,...

VATICAN CITY -- Caritas Italy announced the suspension of charitable activities in Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban's takeover of the country. In a...

ROME — In an effort to provide immediate shelter and aid to people living on the street in Rome while also trying to curb...

MEXICO CITY -- Caritas, the church's charitable agency, was responding to Hurricane Eta, which hit Nicaragua Nov. 3 and threatened to provoke devastating flooding...

Catholic representatives from Latin America and the Caribbean, defining work for the next four years, looked for ways to build on the foundations of...

ROME — After weeks of confusion and consternation, Rome’s mayor told the Vatican newspaper that Rome Caritas would benefit not only from the coins...