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The following testimony comes from Harout Bedrossian, Head of Resource Development at Caritas Jerusalem, who witnessed shelling near his home in the Old City of Jerusalem on Friday, 20 March 2026, just weeks after the war started. In his own words, he describes the shock of that moment and what it means to be a […]
“If you decide to go abroad in search of better opportunities, ensure that you go safely and with the necessary skills. Avoid taking illegal routes.” With these words, Meena (name changed for privacy), a Nepali woman who migrated to the Gulf for work, shares a warning for others considering the same journey. Her story features […]
With her life reduced to a handful of documents, a few packed bags and a small grey cat curled inside a carrier, Victoria closed the door of her flat in Dobropillya for what she believes may be the last time. Dobropillya lies in western Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine — a coal-mining town that until recently sat […]
For decades, the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been affected by armed conflict, extreme poverty and widespread violence, including sexual violence used as a weapon of war. In South Kivu, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, bordering Rwanda, social and cultural barriers also limit women’s participation in leadership and […]
In the river town of Buloburte in central Somalia, more than 1,000 women and girls gathered late last year to talk openly about something that is rarely discussed in public: violence against women. The meeting took place between September and December 2025 in Buloburte district, in Somalia’s Hiran region, about 220km north of Mogadishu. It […]
As war spreads across the Middle East, retaliatory violence is affecting several countries, with Lebanon experiencing immediate humanitarian consequences. In the early hours of 2 March, exchanges of fire erupted along the Lebanon–Israel border, followed by extensive Israeli airstrikes in South Lebanon, the Bekaa Valley, and the southern suburbs of Beirut. Within hours, at least […]
As Ukraine enters its fifth year of war following Russia’s full-scale invasion on 24 February 2022, Fr Vyacheslav Grynevych, SAC Executive Director of Caritas Spes Ukraine, holds little hope for a swift end to the conflict. In this recent interview, his words carry the weight of four years of war, shaped by many stories of […]
Tetiana Stawnychy, President of Caritas Ukraine, on civilian losses, the housing crisis and adapting humanitarian aid with no peace in sight. Four years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the war shows no signs of de-escalation. Attacks on civilian areas continue across the country, infrastructure remains a central target, and the humanitarian consequences […]
Since the late 1980s, Caritas Internationalis has been at the forefront of the global response to HIV and AIDS, shaping approaches that combine medical care, advocacy and accompaniment. Few people have lived this history as directly as Monsignor Robert Vitillo, one of the most experienced faith-based experts on HIV worldwide. In this interview, Monsignor Vitillo […]