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The Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference has spoken out in a press statement about the ongoing crisis in the country
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Event: Should we Bank on the Robin Hood Tax?
Join us for an exciting debate in St Paul's Cathedral looking at morality within the financial sector. To what extent do banks have a responsibility to contribute to the common good and if so, is the proposed Robin Hood Tax the solution? With special guests including Evan Davies and Baroness Shirley Williams.
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TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 263.News, 28.Robin Hood Tax
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Space to live in troubled Darfur
A new community centre in Derieg camp in Darfur is helping people to learn new skills and find ways to build peace within their own communities
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Climate finance: You asked, the EU listened
In the run up to the international climate change talks in Cancun last year, you took action to demand more information for the world’s poorest. You called on UK Chancellor George Osborne to push the EU to open up about the money pledged to help poor countries cope with climate change. Thanks to your efforts, the EU opened up with a new annual report, the ‘Fast Start Finance Report’. During the Cancun talks, they published the first of these reports, which gave extra details about the €2.2 billion the EU mobilised to combat climate change throughout 2010.
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TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 175.Climate change and environment, 263.News
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What is happening in western Sudan, what CAFOD is doing there, and how you can help
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G20 Seoul Summit: easy wins missed
The Korean Government have put development on the agenda at this week’s G20 summit in Seoul. But as rich countries let their own trade interests dominate the debate, poorer countries risk being squeezed out of the picture.
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Thinking big, acting small at the G20
The G20 countries meet this week in Seoul, South Korea. CAFOD welcomes the group's commitment to discussion on the adoption of a “development agenda” at this summit and calls on the G20 to "think big and act small" through sustainable economic development that puts small famers and small- and micro-businesses at its heart.
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CAFOD demands Government and UN agree new poverty plan
CAFOD today told the Government and the United Nations that urgent action is required to agree a new global plan to tackle poverty. Good Friday marks exactly 1,000 days until the start of 2015, when the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) agreed a decade ago are due to expire.
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TAGS: 263.News, 172.Poverty and wealth, 266.UK News
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Olympic values inspire young people to pass on the peace
With more than 8000 young Catholics attending, the Flame National Youth Congress at Wembley Arena provided the perfect backdrop for the official unveiling of Pass it On, CAFOD’s Olympics peace campaign aimed at children and young people in England and Wales.
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TAGS: 31.Great Generation, 263.News, 266.UK News, 33.Young People, 57.Youth group, 77.Youth leaders
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Delia leads the call to Give it Up after UK Aid match funding award
CAFOD ambassador Delia Smith has called on the Catholic community to make a special effort to raise money for the Church’s official aid agency, after the Government agreed to match all donations made during Lent.
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