International news

Pope Francis has urged world leaders not to allow new financial support for countries affected by the climate crisis to worsen the debt crisis low-income countries face.

One year on from the 7 October attack by members of Hamas’ military wing and other armed groups, the suffering of both Palestinians and Israelis has deepened every day.

If deforestation continues, the Amazon will lose its ability to produce its own rainfall and the largest rainforest on the planet will become dry grassland.

We are deeply saddened by the news that anti-mining activist Juan Lopez was shot dead in Honduras as he travelled home in his car from church. 

Unprecedented rainfall left homes and infrastructure wrecked in Brazil, but there is hope amid the destruction, as the most affected families start to rebuild their lives.

An overwhelming 98 per cent of the population of Cajamarca, Colombia, voted to reject mining in the area, yet Colombian authorities and the mining corporation are still disputing the validity of the results.

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.

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.