With groups and country representatives gathering from all over the world at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, find out what is ...
Between March 2023 and March 2025 CAFOD supported five civil society organisations in four countries (Colombia, occupied Palestinian territory, South Sudan and Sri Lanka) to collaboratively implement ...
On the World Day of the Poor, we reflect on Pope Leo XIV’s first apostolic exhortation Dilexi te, which focuses on the preferential option for the poor.
CAFOD has supported communities in LAC since the 1960s, maintaining deep ties with grassroots, civil society and Church actors. We work in Andes (Bolivia, Colombia and Peru), Brazil, Central America ...
Pope Leo has issued a direct message to world leaders gathering at COP30, the UN climate summit that begins in Brazil today.
This paper has been written to highlight how CAFOD and our partners approach programming on climate and environmental issues. The first section outlines CAFOD’s commitments, strategy and risk ...
CAFOD is calling on governments and donors not to overlook the crisis in DRC, and to ensure that support flows directly to ...
CAFOD partner Caritas Jerusalem delivering infant formula in Gaza. Credit: Caritas Jerusalem The Holy Land holds deep significance for Catholics and people of all faiths. After a two-year war in this ...
What is an Apostolic Exhortation? An Apostolic Exhortation is a teaching document from the pope, which often aims to exhort (encourage) a particular virtue or activity. Like many papal encyclicals, ...
Reacting to news that the first phase of a ceasefire agreement has been reached between Israel and Hamas, Elizabeth Funnell, CAFOD's country representative for the Middle East, said: “Today’s ...