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We have launched an emergency appeal for funding to help the millions of people in Sudan who have been forced to flee their homes due to conflict and now face a new threat - hunger.

A community near Lake Titicaca in Bolivia have come together to clear the tons of waste that washed up on their doorstep.

With your support, we can continue to provide practical help to families in Gaza right now.

The UK government must exert every effort to ensure that this resolution is implemented. As Pope Francis reminds us, peace cannot be achieved through arms.

Local experts working with CAFOD in El Salvador continue to stand up for peace, against injustice and repression, in Oscar Romero’s name.

Although the war in Syria is not making the headlines, it has not ended. It has left 90% of Syrians in poverty and in need of urgent humanitarian assistance.

Your generous contributions to CAFOD's Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis Appeal have reached thousands of vulnerable people, helping them to survive and rebuild their lives.

Your donations to our Turkey-Syria Earthquake Appeal have enabled local partners to respond quickly and reach thousands of people with emergency assistance and the tools to start rebuilding their lives. 

The International Court of Justice has issued an interim ruling today on South Africa's genocide case against Israel.

CAFOD is working with a local Caritas sister agency that is responding in the south of Yemen, supporting families facing extreme poverty, disease, malnutrition and the common threat of violence.

We have launched an emergency appeal for funding to help the millions of people in Sudan who have been forced to flee their homes due to conflict and now face a new threat - hunger.

With your support, we can continue to provide practical help to families in Gaza right now.

Although the war in Syria is not making the headlines, it has not ended. It has left 90% of Syrians in poverty and in need of urgent humanitarian assistance.

Your generous contributions to CAFOD's Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis Appeal have reached thousands of vulnerable people, helping them to survive and rebuild their lives.

Your donations to our Turkey-Syria Earthquake Appeal have enabled local partners to respond quickly and reach thousands of people with emergency assistance and the tools to start rebuilding their lives. 

CAFOD is working with a local Caritas sister agency that is responding in the south of Yemen, supporting families facing extreme poverty, disease, malnutrition and the common threat of violence.

Calls from thousands of CAFOD supporters for the UK government to push for a ceasefire have been shared with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Today Pope Francis is holding a second day of prayer, fasting and penance for world peace, as the situation in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) continues to escalate.

We, at CAFOD, are joining the calls of faith leaders from around the world, including Pope Francis, who have called for an immediate cessation of all violence.

The people of Afghanistan are in desperate need of help. The powerful earthquake that struck on 7 October adds to an unprecedented humanitarian crisis.

A community near Lake Titicaca in Bolivia have come together to clear the tons of waste that washed up on their doorstep.

The agreement to "transition away from fossil fuels" is the first time governments have committed to move away from fossil fuels in more than thirty years of UN climate meetings.

In his message at the summit in the United Arab Emirates, the Pope called on governments to put the global common good ahead of national interests.

The COP28 climate talks have begun with countries agreeing on the first day of the UN summit how a loss and damage fund will operate.

Add your voice to Pope Francis' call for leaders at the UN climate summit to take the action we need to tackle the climate crisis.

The new apostolic exhortation Laudate Deum follows eight years after Laudato Si’, in which Pope Francis called for all people to care for our common home.

Speaking on BBC World News, CAFOD’s Head of Advocacy, Neil Thorns, said “the UK is leaving its international reputation in tatters”.

Shell and BP were presented with mock 'blue plaques' to remind the fossil fuel companies how history will judge their contribution to the climate crisis.

Poverty and the threat of violence cast a shadow over childhood in Colombia but one woman is training young people to advocate for their communities, work for peace and safeguard the Amazon.