East Africa drought is ‘dire,’ say officials, warning of possible famine
Catholic priests, nuns and church agencies are providing some relief in East Africa’s drought, which scientists and experts describe as the worst in 40 years.
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by bcadmin | Apr 19, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Catholic Relief Services, Church in Africa, Drought, Ethiopia, Kenya, Natural disasters, News, Somalia, Trócaire | 0 |
Catholic priests, nuns and church agencies are providing some relief in East Africa’s drought, which scientists and experts describe as the worst in 40 years.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 15, 2022 | Caritas, Church in Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, lead, News, Trócaire | 0 |
Eastern Congo has seen a rise in violence, with at least 1200 people killed last year.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 10, 2021 | Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Caritas Internationalis, Catholic News Service, Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, News, Populism, Trócaire, Vatican | 0 |
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, head of the Vatican’s evangelization congregation, has expressed concern over the “hijacking” of religion by populist leaders who sow division and exploit the anger of those who feel excluded.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 27, 2020 | CAFOD, Catholic Church, Church in UK and Ireland, foreign aid, Great Britain, lead, News, SCIAF, Trócaire, UK government, United Kingdom | 0 |
Catholic organizations across the UK have condemned a decision to cut the overseas aid budget by nearly a third.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 27, 2020 | Catholic Church, Church in Africa, Genocide, Interviews, lead, News, Rwanda, Trócaire | 0 |
A quarter century after the 1994 genocide that killed hundreds of thousands of people, Rwanda is still struggling to return to normal.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 24, 2020 | Caritas, Catholic Church, Church in Africa, Ethiopia, Interviews, lead, News, Trócaire, Women | 0 |
Women in Ethiopia often suffer from “traditional gender roles” where they are expected to defer to men in society.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 19, 2020 | Africa, Caritas, Catholic Church, Church in Africa, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Interviews, lead, News, Trócaire | 0 |
COVID-19 poses more than a health risk for Africa: The disease risks shrinking civil society and putting limits on people’s political freedom.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 10, 2020 | Catholic Church, Church in Ireland, Church in UK and Ireland, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, development, lead, News, Republic of Ireland, Trócaire, UK government, United Kingdom | 0 |
Ireland’s leading Catholic development aid agency is urging the Irish and UK governments to help the developing world rebuild their societies and economies in a “just and sustainable way.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 20, 2020 | Catholic Church, Church in Ireland, Church in UK and Ireland, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, International aid, Ireland, lead, Lent, News, Riverdance, Trócaire | 0 |
In addition to spiritual loss, the Easter coronavirus lockdown meant another Irish tradition was missed: The return of the Trócaire box after Lent.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 19, 2020 | Catholic Church, Church in Ireland, Church in UK and Ireland, Ireland, News, Republic of Ireland, Trócaire, UN Security Council, United Nations | 0 |
Ireland’s main Catholic development agency has urged the Republic of Ireland to use its new position on the United Nations Security Council to protect the human rights of the world’s poor and marginalized.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 9, 2020 | Catholic Church, Church in Ireland, Church in UK and Ireland, human rights, Ireland, justice and peace, lead, News, sustainable development goals, Trócaire | 0 |
Climate justice, human rights and sustainable development aren’t usually the subjects with which you want to play around, but that’s just what’s happening in Ireland.
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