#Emergency

Ukraine. Fr. Grynevych (Caritas SPES): “The situation is critical and dangerous: drinking water emergency”

The Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant in Kherson region was destroyed on the night of June 6, causing a humanitarian and…

EU Commission: RescEU, boosting emergency medical support to disaster-stricken populations

Syria earthquake: Aleppo’s quake survivors

A feeling of despair prevails among Aleppo’s earthquake survivors. They walk among the rubble of their homes, trying to salvage…

The appeal of the Churches, “a humanitarian crisis, fears of a new genocide cannot be discounted”

In a letter addressed to European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, the Christian Churches call for his intervention and…

Severe water shortage in Mykolaiv. Desalination campaign under way, but “we must act as quickly as possible”

After the peace caravans, the Stopthewarnow Network launched an awareness and fundraising campaign to install water desalination units in Mykolaiv.…

Ukraine. Msgr. Vitillo (ICMC): “Should the war continue, durable solutions for refugees and internally displaced persons will have to be sought”

Ukraine’s refugee and displacement crisis is at a tipping point. ICMC General Secretary Msgr. Vitillo addressed the issue in Brussels…

Doctors with Africa CUAMM. Atzori: “We provide assistance to displaced persons and hospitals in Ukraine and to refugees in Moldova”

The Italian NGO has been working in partnership with the local association VRB in the country invaded by the Russians,…

Afghanistan. Suspended lives: those unable to leave

The country is facing a serious crisis affecting human rights, freedoms, poverty and skyrocketing food prices. Amidst fears for the…

Lebanese crisis. Fr Abboud (Caritas): “Yesterday’s benefactors are today’s poor.” Feelings of gratitude to Pope Francis

Next July 1st Pope Francis will receive the leaders of Lebanon’s Christian communities in the Vatican, “for a day of…

Covid-19 in India. Card. Gracias (Bishops’ president): “A sadly predictable tsunami”

“The second wave hit us like a tsunami”. The Archbishop of Bombay, President of the Bishops’ Conference, Cardinal Oswald Gracias…

The tragedy of Manaus suffering lack of oxygen. Archbishop Steiner: “We have been abandoned”

Manaus is facing a dramatic situation, which can barely be measured by numbers alone (over 200 burials per day on…