Press releases and statements

We welcome the news that a deal has been agreed for a four-day ceasefire allowing for the release of 50 hostages and the delivery of humanitarian assistance.

CAFOD's response to the UK Government's White Paper on International Development.

CAFOD has responded to the decision of the Supreme Court to uphold the Court of Appeal ruling that the Home Office’s plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is unlawful.

We are devastated to share the tragic news that several staff members at one of our local partners operating within Gaza have been killed.

CAFOD has joined Christian Aid and Church leaders to call for an immediate end to the violence in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory.

We are shocked to hear from our partner at Caritas Jerusalem that a staff member along with her child and husband were killed when the hall adjacent to the St Porphyrios Church in Gaza was struck.

CAFOD has launched an appeal following the escalation of violence in Israel and occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), and the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Pope Francis has issued a rousing call to action in a new teaching, Laudate Deum, as he seeks to provoke governments, business and citizens into desperately needed action.

In the last academic year (2022-2023), 44% of Catholic schools in England and Wales fundraised for CAFOD raising over £610,000.

CAFOD has responded to Bishop Stephen Wright's appointment as Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle.