Rohingya camp awash in mud… and fear
Campaign puts women at peace table
The international development organization of the Catholic Church in Canada is demanding the federal government adopt a feminist foreign aid policy that diverts emphasis from enabling abortion to delivering lasting peace.
D&P has an offer that’s hard to refuse
The Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace is offering something for nothing until Oct. 20 — membership in one of Canada’s biggest and oldest social justice organizations.
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Jesuits fear priest’s life in danger
Provincial superiors of the English and French Canadian arms of the Jesuits wrote to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Aug. 11 asking him to put pressure on the government of Honduras to protect the life of Jesuit Fr. Ismael “Melo” Moreno.
Digging for the truth
Earlier this year protesters in a small Guatemala village blockaded a giant silver mine operated by a Canadian company and for a month stood their ground despite being regularly tear-gassed by paramilitary police.
D&P's THINKfast program inspires life-changing path
In Grade 8, Christina Kruszewski’s social studies teacher challenged the class with a question: “How are you going to change the world?”
Middle East tops list for D&P aid spending
For the first time, Development and Peace spent more than half its international budget for humanitarian aid in the Middle East, according to its annual report.
D&P hosts ecojustice forum for youth
Farmers, not corporations, must come first in the effort to promote ecological justice, a youth forum sponsored by Development and Peace Canada was told.
Canada lagging behind in aid to world’s poor
The global economy is picking up steam, but higher global growth numbers aren’t changing the outlook at Canada’s Catholic development agency.
Sisters of St. Ann donates record $4 million to D&P
The Sisters of St. Ann have donated $4 million to support the development arm of the Canadian Catholic Church.
Syrians who remain need help to rebuild their country
OTTAWA – While much of the world’s attention is on Syrian refugees, there is also a great need to help rebuild the lives of those who chose to remain in the war-ravaged country, says a Syrian refugee who manages centres funded by the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace.
A $28.5 million vote of confidence from the federal government will help the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace deliver aid to refugees and war-affected Syrians, Iraqis and others over the next three years.
D&P’s fifty years of solidarity celebrated
Toronto Development and Peace members celebrated a half-century of solidarity at a Mass in St. Michael’s Cathedral with Cardinal Thomas Collins March 4.