Faith Thu, 23 Jan 2025 00:43:29 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Philippine Catholic groups protest ‘unfair’ probe by Canadian bishops and D&P /item/29314-philippine-catholic-groups-criticize-canadian-agency-for-opaque-review /item/29314-philippine-catholic-groups-criticize-canadian-agency-for-opaque-review

MONTREAL - In a letter addressed to the Canadian bishops and the leaders of Development and Peace, prominent leaders of the Catholic Church in the Philippines and civil organizations criticized a moratorium on at least four Philippine associations suspected of "violating the social teachings of the Church."

]]> Canada Thu, 11 Apr 2019 12:32:37 -0400 Pope goes on a mission for migrants /home/international/item/29264-pope-goes-on-a-mission-for-migrants /home/international/item/29264-pope-goes-on-a-mission-for-migrants

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis wanted to go to Morocco in December to draw attention to the need for international co-operation in assisting migrants and in alleviating the situations that force people to seek a better life outside their homeland.

]]> cns@catholicnews.com (Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service) International Sun, 31 Mar 2019 08:10:19 -0400 How the Church in Chile is helping women victims of domestic violence /home/international/item/29104-how-the-church-in-chile-is-helping-women-victims-of-domestic-violence /home/international/item/29104-how-the-church-in-chile-is-helping-women-victims-of-domestic-violence SANTIAGO, Chile – The Vicariate for Social Pastoral Care of Caritas in the Archdiocese of Santiago takes in every year hundreds of women and their children, victims of domestic violence who find in their shelters comprehensive care to be able to get on with their lives.
]]> International Tue, 05 Mar 2019 11:06:38 -0500 Canadian aid gives new life to villagers hit by typhoon in the Philippines /home/international/item/29070-canadian-aid-gives-new-life-to-villagers-hit-by-typhoon-in-the-philippines /home/international/item/29070-canadian-aid-gives-new-life-to-villagers-hit-by-typhoon-in-the-philippines

Six years after the devastation of Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), the people of Tacloban, Philippines, are starting a new life thanks to Development and Peace - Caritas Canada. 

]]> jean.kodin@catholicregister.org (Jean Ko Din, The Catholic Register) International Thu, 28 Feb 2019 11:22:19 -0500 Caritas members in Latin America look for ways to apply wisdom of Indigenous peoples, 'Laudato Si'' /home/international/item/28970-caritas-members-in-latin-america-look-for-ways-to-apply-wisdom-of-indigenous-peoples-laudato-si /home/international/item/28970-caritas-members-in-latin-america-look-for-ways-to-apply-wisdom-of-indigenous-peoples-laudato-si Catholic representatives from Latin America and the Caribbean, defining work for the next four years, looked for ways to build on the foundations of Pope Francis' encyclical "Laudato Si'" so it is taken into account by all nations.
]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Tue, 12 Feb 2019 13:37:10 -0500 Agencies in urgent need of aid dollars for Venezuelan refugees /home/international/item/28960-agencies-in-urgent-need-of-aid-dollars-for-venezuelan-refugees /home/international/item/28960-agencies-in-urgent-need-of-aid-dollars-for-venezuelan-refugees

The $53 million Ottawa plans to spend on migrants, refugees and ordinary people suffering through economic breakdown in Venezuela could help cover an open wound of human suffering in neighbouring Brazilian towns that are hosting thousands of refugees.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) International Mon, 11 Feb 2019 13:05:46 -0500 Fount of confusion: Rome mayor says Caritas will still get Trevi Fountain coins for the poor /home/international/item/28766-fount-of-confusion-rome-mayor-says-caritas-will-still-get-trevi-fountain-coins-for-the-poor /home/international/item/28766-fount-of-confusion-rome-mayor-says-caritas-will-still-get-trevi-fountain-coins-for-the-poor ROME – After weeks of confusion and consternation, Rome's mayor told the Vatican newspaper that Rome Caritas would benefit not only from the coins tourists throw in the Trevi Fountain, but from coins tossed in any of the city's historic water features.
]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Mon, 14 Jan 2019 10:57:08 -0500 Rome government makes a wish: Trevi Fountain coins will no longer go to the poor /home/international/item/28763-rome-government-makes-a-wish-trevi-fountain-coins-will-no-longer-go-to-the-poor /home/international/item/28763-rome-government-makes-a-wish-trevi-fountain-coins-will-no-longer-go-to-the-poor ROME – Most of the tourists who have tossed coins over their shoulder into Rome's Trevi Fountain over the past 20 years probably did not know that they were helping the city's poor.]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Mon, 14 Jan 2019 09:21:07 -0500 Vatican leads talks to expand testing, treatment of HIV-positive children /home/international/item/28577-vatican-leads-talks-to-expand-testing-treatment-of-hiv-positive-children /home/international/item/28577-vatican-leads-talks-to-expand-testing-treatment-of-hiv-positive-children VATICAN – Responding to the deaths of tens of thousands of children from AIDS and AIDS-related illnesses, the Vatican brought together physicians and representatives of drug companies and humanitarian agencies to strategize ways to improve care for children and adolescents who are HIV-positive.
]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Fri, 07 Dec 2018 07:40:47 -0500 Catholic, grassroots groups work with survivors after Haiti earthquake /home/international/item/28174-catholic-grassroots-groups-work-with-survivors-after-haiti-earthquake /home/international/item/28174-catholic-grassroots-groups-work-with-survivors-after-haiti-earthquake PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – As Haitian authorities confirmed the toll from the Oct. 6 earthquake at 17 dead and 333 injured, Caritas and other grass-roots organizations working with the victims highlighted the critical humanitarian situation facing survivors, who now lack shelter.
]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Wed, 10 Oct 2018 15:34:45 -0400