Press releases and statements

“There is nowhere left to host the people now being displaced from Rafah," says Elizabeth Funnell, CAFOD's Middle East representative.

A new poll published today by CAFOD, conducted by YouGov, has found that only 5 per cent of British adults think that Sudan is currently experiencing the world’s largest humanitarian crisis.

CAFOD has launched an emergency appeal to support families in Sudan, as Britain’s ambassador to the UN says the country is in the grip of the world’s worst hunger and displacement crisis.

The UK government must exert every effort to ensure that this resolution is implemented. As Pope Francis reminds us, peace cannot be achieved through arms.

In a resounding show of solidarity, Dermot O’Leary, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Bobby Seagull and Alex Macqueen have thrown their weight behind CAFOD's annual Lent fundraising challenge.

In a momentous occasion for Catholic schools across England and Wales, 100 schools have now achieved the LiveSimply Award.

Two years since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, long-term issues such as homelessness, mental illness and human trafficking are emerging.

The International Court of Justice has issued an interim ruling today on South Africa's genocide case against Israel.

Over 1.9 million people have been displaced in Gaza since the conflict began, with many families having to move multiple times.

CAFOD has commented on reports of people sheltering within the Holy Family Church compound in Gaza being killed by sniper fire, and rocket fire shutting off the last generator powering a home for disabled people.