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Caritas Internationalis is the humanitarian and development organisation of the Catholic Church.
Vatican City
Joined February 2009
Caritas Confederation prays for the souls of our colleague of Caritas Jerusalem, Viola (26), her husband, and her daughter, who died a few days ago during a bombing in #Gaza. May they rest in peace.
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Happy birthday Pope Francis! .¡Feliz cumpleaños Papa Francisco!.Joyeux anniversaire, pape François!. Today is the Holy Father's birthday - join us in wishing him a happy and joyful day.
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Together with @Pontifex, here's how you can reach out to migrants and refugees and show your support: #sharejourney
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We are very grateful that the Holy Father received @VGrynevych and #TetianaStawnychy of @SpesUkraine and @caritasukraine Tomorrow at 11am they will talk about the humanitarian situation in #Ukraine at a @iamCARITAS conference live-streamed on @VaticanNews
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Congratulations to our colleague, @susanaraffalli of @caritasdevzla for being on the BBC list of 100 most inspirational and influential women of 2020 🎉.
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This morning we were devastated to learn of the death of our colleague Viola, (26), her husband and their baby in an airstrike attack on the St. #Porphyrios Orthodox Church in #Gaza. @IamCaritas and @Caritas_Mona condemn the targeting of civilians and civilian infrastructure.
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“We ask for your solidarity, prayers and support!”. Tetiana Stawnychy, president of @caritasukraine, appeals to the Caritas Confederation, reacting to the full-scale #attack launched today by #Russia in the country. #RussiaUkraineConflict
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Today is the 70th anniversary of Caritas Internationalis. A long history of witness and solidarity towards the most vulnerable on Earth! #CaritasInternationalis70
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#DidYouKnow Catholic Church is the largest civil institution that provides healthcare in the🌍?. #Caritas confederation provides medical care in the world’s poorest and most difficult conditions. We are building a fairer, healthier world for everyone! Happy #WorldHealthDay
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Cardinal Tagle, Caritas President, invites you to reach out to migrants and refugees #sharejourney
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Caritas Internationalis new President is Cardinal Luis Tagle, Archbishop of Manila #CaritasGA15
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30th July is World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, we renew our commitment to combat this crime and to assist survivors in their recovery. They need our solidarity and effective remedies! #EndHumanTrafficking.
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Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga invites you to "welcome the stranger. Welcome the one who is different to you." #sharejourney
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May the #Resurrection of #Jesus be a sign of hope for suffering humanity. We wish you and your family a blessed #Easter this year.
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Today is the Feast Day of St. Oscar Romero, patron saint of Caritas. What does peace mean to you? .#OscarRomero #socialjustice #love
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Today is the liturgical feast of the #HolyFamily of #Jesus, #Mary, and #Joseph. This feast seeks to portray the Holy Family of #Nazareth as the “true model of life.” @iamCARITAS stands by #migrant, #refugee, #displaced, and vulnerable families.
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Pope Francis officially launches #sharejourney by reaching out to migrants and refugees!!!!
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1/2 The Holy Family School and its surrounding area in #Gaza were devastated yesterday by raid, resulting in the tragic loss of hundreds of innocent lives. This school served as a sanctuary for displaced families, offering them a place of safety amidst the chaos. #CeasefireNow
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Pope Francis reaches out to migrants and refugees from Caritas projects following the Share the Journey launch #sharejourney
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Christ is risen! Happy Easter! . "In the darkness of this crisis, the light of Christ will shine. Jesus is truly risen! He will not die again. May Jesus rise for people around the world through our love!" -@CardinalChito. Read his Easter message:
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Our prayers for all the people in #Beirut and for our colleagues. #BeirutExplosion also hit @Caritaslb headquarters.
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#PopeFrancis received in audience @VGrynevych, Ex. director of @SpesUkraine. He presented the Pope with a cross from the remnants of Ukrainian houses destroyed by bombing. @Pontifex said: "I am close to you, #Caritas. Thank you for your work!".#RestoringHope #RestoringHome
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Today is the Feast of our Patront Saint, Saint Oscar Romero. He reminded us that Christ is found in people living in poverty, and that we cannot ignore the suffering of our brothers and sisters in need. St Oscar Romero, pray for us.
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"Here, Caritas' volunteers assist refugees from #Ukraine. People can receive a warm tea, some food, a place to stay, blankets", said Dominica Chylewska, from Caritas Poland who works on the Polish-Ukrainian border. #RussianUkrainianWar #CaritasforUkraine
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Happy 87th Birthday, #PopeFrancis! May God bless you always with His Holy Spirit. [In the picture: Caritas Internationalis at the Audience with the Holy Father (May 11, 2023)]
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Our President @CardinalChito encourages us all to get involved in a Caritas Global Solidarity Walk. He says, "every step we take slows down the movement of hatred and fear towards migrants and refugees." Join the Cardinal on our walk in #Rome this Sunday. #ShareJourney
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“The situation in #Ukraine is critical. Our team is working hard to look to the needs of the most vulnerable. Please support @iamCARITAS appeal. Needs are growing daily.” Received just now from Tetiana Stawnychy, @caritasukraine president.Please donate 👉🏻
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Today the 22nd General Assembly of Caritas Internationalis elected .Alistair Chad Dutton new Secretary General of the Caritas Confederation. We wish him God's blessings for his new mission. Let us work together to build #newpathsoffraternity. #GA2023Caritas
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Through its Director of Fundraising, Pr and Communications, @MartaPetrosillo, Caritas Internationalis appeals to its benefactors to continue to support Caritas' work in #Ukraine. Watch the video appeal and, please, donate to Ukraine!
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One month ago, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, President of Caritas Internarionalis, launched the global campaign #TogetherWe, that will last till 2024. #Caritas invites communities to find new ways of taking care of our "common home", the Earth, and of the needy.
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Cristo nos pide que acojamos a nuestros hermanos migrantes y refugiados con los brazos bien abiertos. Papa Francisco #sharejourney
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The cardinal, the secretary general and the young director in #fiat500. Who needs a ride to our 21st General Assembly? #OneCommonHome
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"The occupier is destroying our cities, kindergartens, private houses, but is not able to destroy our aspiration for #peace and #freedom!", says Father Vyacheslav Grynevych, director of @CaritasSpes (#Ukraine). Please, support Caritas: #UkraineUnderAttack
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#Caritas is gathering information and organizing the response after the #earthquake that hit early this morning in Southeastern #Turkey and #Syria. We stand by the people affected and pray for the victims' families. Donate now: #Kahramanmaras
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Nine million people in #Venezuela are suffering due to acute #foodinsecurity. @iamCARITAS needs your help to aid this country. Watch the video appeal of @susanaraffalli, nutritionist and advisor to Caritas Venezuela, and please donate to support Venezuela!
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"Caritas will bring God's love to the poorest and most vulnerable". The first video message of @AlistairDutton, #newSecretaryGeneral of @iamCARITAS Internationalis. #newpathsoffraternity #nuevoscaminosdefraternidad #nouvellesvoiesdefraternité #GA2023Caritas
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"I express sincere solidarity and compassion with the people affected by the explosion and more specially with Caritas Lebanon which is at the service of the most vulnerable”, Aloysius John, Secretary General of Caritas Internationalis #BeirutExplosions
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The Secretary General and all the staff of Caritas Internationalis warmly congratulate with Sr. @ASmerilli on her new mission in the @VaticanIHD We look forward to working with her! #VaticanCovidCommission
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The 22nd #GeneralAssembly of Caritas Internationalis is now over. The CI staff thanks all the guests and delegates and wishes all a safe flight home. See you next time!. #newpathsoffraternity #nuevoscaminosdefraternidad #nouvellesvoiesdefraternité #GA2023Caritas
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Caritas delegates have arrived in #PiazzaSanPietro to #ShareJourney and to officially open our 21st General Assembly with a Mass celebrated by @Pontifex! 🇻🇦💛. #OneCommonHome
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Massive fire swept yesterday through the #Rohingya #Refugees Camp destroying thousands of shelters, health centres and other facilities. Our teams in Cox's Bazaar #Bangladesh are ready to provide emergency support to the people affected by the incident.
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Please join us in extending a warm welcome to Marta Petrosillo @MartaPetrosillo , our new Head of Public Relations and Communications. Marta previously served as Head of Communications for @acs_italia. We are delighted to have her on our team.
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“This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him” (Psalm 34:6). This is how @Pontifex introduces the second #WorldDayofthePoor today. At Caritas we try to hear the cry of the poor and to recognise their needs in all of our work. How will you respond today?
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Are you ready to Share the Journey?.Wherever you are join Caritas and Pope Francis on 27th September 2017. #sharejourney
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.@CardinalChito added a photo of his grandfather who was a migrant. The collage of different faces together depicts a face of a young woman called Nasrin, who works for Caritas Bangladesh in a camp where #Rohingya families have taken refuge. #ShareJourney @OneCommonHome
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Caritas Internationalis significa "Amor sin fronteras" en Latino. Feliz día de San Valentín a todas las personas que desean ‘caritas’.
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The war in the #HolyLand took us away another colleague. Issam Abedrabbo, a pharmacist at @CaritasJLM who worked at the #Gaza Health Centre, lost his life during a bombardment. Caritas Confederation joins @CaritasJLM in mourning this loss and prays for all the affected families.
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Today the 22nd General Assembly of @iamCARITAS elected Mons. Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi new president of the Caritas Confederation. All the Caritas member organisations pray for him and wish him God's blessings for his new mission. #GA2023Caritas #newpathsoffraternity
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What does the future look like? #PopeFrancis thinks the only future worth building includes every single one of us. Yesterday we unveiled a three-metre-high collage containing the faces of people who are part of our migrant journey. #ShareJourney #OneCommonHome
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For thousands of people crossing the border from #Venezuela to #Colombia each day, Caritas soup kitchen means nobody goes away with an empty stomach. Over one million meals have been distributed since June 2017. #SOSVenezuela
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En este aniversario de su martirio, Caritas recuerda a su patrón, el Beato Óscar Romero.
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4 days after #BeirutExplosions, @Caritaslb has helped more than 23,000 people in the city and surroundings. 20,000 people given hot meals.1,900 medicines administered to patients.87 people provided with clothing.194 injured received first aid.32 households provided w. counseling
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He is risen! Happy Easter from all of us in Rome. “listen to the Risen Lord as He invites us to begin anew and never lose hope”. - Pope Francis
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«We join in grief and solidarity the suffering of the families and our colleagues of Caritas #Ukraine». Caritas Internationalis Secretary-General, Aloysius John, expressed the sorrow of the Confederation to the news of the death of two staff members of @caritasukraine #Mariupol
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Our prayers for the Haitian community after the tragic #haitiearthquake Our colleagues of @CaritasHaiti are already in the affected areas. The three dioceses of Cayes, Jeremy and Nippe are the worst affected. Houses and buildings have been destroyed and many are feared dead.
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Today @Caritaslb distributes 2,300 hot meals and water to residents of #Beirut who are affected by yesterday's explosions.
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Be part of the Global Day of Action, amplifying the global voice for a lasting ceasefire. Join 800+ organizations and over 3 million individuals advocating for #CeasefireNOW in the #HolyLand. Add your voice—sign the petition
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Yesterday's attack on #Lviv in #Ukraine destroyed the warehouse that stored humanitarian aid of @SpesUkraine. Food, power generators, and disinfectants were on fire. "Thank God there are no casualties", said #EdwardKava, aux. Bishop of Lviv. (©State Emergency Service of Ukraine)
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Pope Francis reminded us why we should all be working to end hunger on a visit to @WFP yesterday. #ZeroHunger
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Today, we want to pray to #SaintJoseph. O Blessed St. Joseph, protect all the workers, especially those in humanitarian aid, who often risk or sacrifice their lives to rescue others. Preserve and help them to fulfill their mission.
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#COP28 starts tomorrow in #Dubai. Cardinal Michael Czerny (@jesuitczerny), Prefect of the @VaticanIHD, shares his hopes and expectations for outcomes at the conference, paving the way for Hope.
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During these six months of the #war, @iamCARITAS supported over 3,5 million #displacedpeople in #Ukraine. God bless our staff and our benefactors! Watch the video!
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Our President, @CardinalChito Tagle, has a message of hope for you from a #Rohingya #refugee camp in Bangladesh.
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Caritas Internationalis joins hands with Pope Francis to extend our condolences and support to the victims of the devastating earthquake in Morocco. Caritas is on the ground, actively providing relief and coordinating efforts. #MoroccoEarthquake.
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Today the Catholic Church celebrates the #Epiphany of Our Lord. Like the three Magi, may we also be able to bring our charity as a gift to God and our sisters and brothers.
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From all of us here in Rome, wishing you a blessed and peaceful Christmas. "As we prepare to say goodbye to 2020, I pray for the openness of heart that will allow us all to walk the path of faith, hope and charity . " @CardinalChito .
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The Caritas global family is united in prayer around the victims of the Ethiopia air disaster and their families, including our own four @CatholicRelief colleagues.
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Today is #InternationalDayofCharity! The @UN General Assembly declared the Day in 2012 to commemorate the anniversary of the passing away of St. #MotherTeresaofCalcutta. @iamCARITAS' work worldwide is possible only thanks to generous benefactors:
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Cardinal Tagle in #Bangladesh with refugees from Myanmar: I came to help these poor people celebrate the memory of the vision of @Pontifex here in Bangladesh and Myanmar a year ago. And to bring them the assurance of his nearness to all the suffering people of the world.
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Caritas Internationalis means "Love without borders" in Latin. #happyvalentinesday to all those who believe in and hope for caritas.
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"Natale è tempo per trasformare la forza della paura in forza della carità, in forza per una nuova immaginazione della carità." Papa Francesco
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On 12 December, Pope Francis wished Caritas Internationalis a "happy birthday" on its 70th anniversary. Today it is Caritas' turn to wish the Holy Father a happy 85th birthday! We pray for you! @Pontifex #CaritasInternationalis70
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Tomorrow at 10.30 a.m. (CET) Caritas Internationalis will host a virtual press conference about #Ukraine. Tetiana Stawnychy, Pres. of @caritasukraine, and Fr Vyacheslav Grynevych, Dir. of Caritas-Spes, will participate via Zoom.
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We are launching an emergency plan to immediately assist victims of #Beirut explosions. “Our care centres are overwhelmed, the hospitals are incredibly crowded. They lack everything, including food. ”.-Rita Rhayem of @Caritaslb. #PrayforBeirut.
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Today we launch our global “TogetherWe” campaign on integral ecology to encourage people and groups to come together around how #TogetherWe can tackle social and environmental degradation at all levels of action. Learn more by visiting our website #Caritas
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12-14 December #1951, the Constituent Assembly of Caritas Internationalis takes place in Rome. At that time, the members of the Confederation were 13. Today they are 162!.#CaritasInternationalis70
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"The two Ukrainian Caritas organisations - @caritasukraine and @SpesUkraine - have stood by the people from the very first moments of this war," says Caritas Internationalis Secretary-General Aloysius John. Please, support #Caritas' work in #Ukraine:
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It was great to meet colleagues from around the world in Rome for the #RepCo of @IamCaritas. We have tough challenges in front of us. We'll face them together.@CaritasAsia @CaritasAfrica @Caritas_Mona @CaritasEuropa @caritasalc #CaritasOceania #CaritasNorthAmerica
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Violence against women is an affront to human dignity. As a society, we must work together to protect and respect women. Only by changing the culture of violence can we truly find unity and live together as one human family #generationequality #16days
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In #Guatemala , Caritas is providing food in shelters to families after they fled their homes due to volcanic eruption.
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Caritas is providing food to survivors of a #tsunami in #Indonesia while assessing their other needs.
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My family began with the migration of a child." .@CardinalChito on his Chinese grandfather and #migration.
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"As a Caritas volunteer, I've experienced the suffering of the victims of the #BeirutBlast. We sleep on the streets to be there for them. If you do not sympathise with the sufferers, you can't understand their pain.” .Help Lauren help Beirut's people:
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Kirsty Robertson (@CaritasAust) is the new vice president of Caritas Internationalis. We wish her all the best for her new mission. #newpathsoffraternity #nuevoscaminosdefraternidad #nouvellesvoiesdefraternité #GA2023Caritas
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Light, together, hope. Through the words of its President, mons. @isaoyama, @IamCaritas wishes you a Happy #Easter. We hope to always be a light in the darkness for vulnerable people. @Caritas_Mona @caritas_africa @caritasalc @CaritasAsia @CaritasEuropa
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#haiti the death toll rises to 1,300. There is an urgent need for medical supplies. Caritas is, as always, at the side of the population. Please help:
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Our hearts and prayers go out to our Muslim brothers and sisters in #NewZealand. We stand in solidarity with you in the face of such violence.
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"@caritasukraine is doing everything possible to assist people who suffer because of war", says our colleague Odarka Bordun, communication Manager at #Caritas Ukraine. Thank you for supporting Caritas' work: #RussianUkrainianWar #CaritasforUkraine
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Today is #threemonths since the #war in #Ukraine began. The #Caritas network kept a light burning, the light of #hope, in this darkness. Tetiana Stawnychy, President of @caritasukraine thanks Caritas Confederation, and all Caritas #donors for the help.
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The Church's liturgical calendar celebrates #SaintGeorge today! Caritas Internationalis wishes a happy name-day to Pope Francis (@Pontifex), Jorge Mario Bergoglio!
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Caritas Internationalis wishes #PopeFrancis, a Happy 86th birthday. We wish God's richest blessings for our Holy Father. #PopeFrancisbirthday
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Today medical team of @CaritasLB set up tent on public squares to distribute aid and medicines to affected people in #Beirut. More than 200 #volunteers of @CaritasYouth continue their selfless work cleaning homes & roads from debris. How you can help:
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