Statements and Speeches
Official positions and advocacy messages on key global issues.
On this International Women’s Day, we join the global call for advancing equality, protecting human dignity, and ensuring safety and justice for all women and girls — not as ideals, but as lived realities. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: “All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal […]
Caritas Internationalis stands with the people of Lebanon and joins the Assembly of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops in Lebanon in expressing deep concern for the escalating violence affecting the country and the wider Middle East. As armed conflict intensifies, innocent lives continue to be lost, families are displaced, and already vulnerable communities face renewed fear, […]
Despite the ceasefire agreement announced between Lebanon and Israel in November 2024, the humanitarian situation in Lebanon remains critical and highly unstable. Recent escalations, particularly in Southern Lebanon, have reported increased and repeated security incidents. Israeli airstrikes and drone attacks have been documented in villages such as Bint Jbeil, Aita al-Shaab, Maroun al-Ras, Yaroun, and […]
The below statement was delivered by the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) on behalf of the Working Group on Migration of the Catholic NGO Forum in Geneva (CINGO) on the occasion of the “Intersessional Panel Discussion on the Human Rights of Migrants,” convened by the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on 16 February. […]
On International Migrants Day, Caritas Internationalis, together with RED CLAMOR and RAEMH, issues a joint statement calling for the protection of migrants’ rights and dignity. Strengthening the Legal Status of Migrants to Build Inclusive and Cohesive Societies. International Migrants Day invites us to recognise the major contributions of migrants to host societies. The rise of […]
On 21 November 2025, members of the Representative Council and the Staff of the General Secretariat of Caritas Internationalis had the honour of meeting Pope Leo XIV in a private audience at the Vatican. What follows is the Holy Father’s full speech, also accessible via the official Vatican Media website. Your Eminences,Dear Brothers and Sisters […]
On International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls, Caritas Internationalis solemnly calls for the end of violence against women and girls, which remains a global crisis with slow progress in the past two decades, and reaffirms its commitment to equality, encounter, reconciliation and renewal as the essential pathway to the genuine […]
On 22 October, Caritas Internationalis, World Vision, and the World Council of Churches came together in Rome to launch a Joint Faith Statement on the Right to Food and Nutrition, marking an unprecedented collaboration on food security between different Christian denominations. The event, hosted by Caritas Internationalis at Palazzo San Calisto amid the 53rd Session […]