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A legacy of love: honouring Pope Francis’ years of service
We give thanks for Pope Francis’ extraordinary legacy, and we commit to carrying his vision forward in our work and our lives.

Pope Francis. Photo: Vatican Media
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Maria is a farmer living in Indonesia. Photo: Caritas Australia
As climate change intensifies across Indonesia’s eastern provinces, farmers in Nusa Tenggara Timur are among the hardest hit.

Suntali and her daughters. Photo: Photo: Madan Bhusal/Caritas Nepal.
On April 25, 2015, a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook Nepal to its core, leaving devastation in its wake. Thousands of lives were lost, homes and historic buildings crumbled, and millions of people were suddenly without shelter.

Pope Francis. Photo: Vatican Media
We give thanks for Pope Francis’ extraordinary legacy, and we commit to carrying his vision forward in our work and our lives.

Toefuata’iga fills up her water bottle from a Samoan primary school’s drinking water tank. Photo: Caritas Australia.
Every country partner and most program participants I have visited in the past few years have told me about the devastating impacts of record droughts and heatwaves, more severe and extreme cyclones, unprecedented flooding, and rising sea levels. Some of our participants might not be familiar with the term “climate change,” but they know what is in front of them.

Women and children wait to receive aid at a transit camp for Sudanese refugees. Photo: Caritas Mongo
It has now been 2 years since the start of the brutal conflict in Sudan. More than 30 million people in Sudan now require humanitarian assistance. Over half are children. The most vulnerable people are being impacted the most, including women, the elderly and people living with disabilities.

A woman walks past collapsed buildings in Mandalay. Photo: Arete/DEC
On March 28, 2025, a devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar. Homes have been reduced to rubble, essential infrastructure has collapsed, and entire communities are struggling to access clean water, food, and medical care.

Caritas Australia’s Turn Debt Into Hope campaign addresses the crisis of unjust debt, advocating for relief and fair financial systems. Inspired by the Year of Jubilee, the campaign urges world leaders to prioritize human dignity over profits.

The Common Home project team training community members on the importance of maintaining good sanitation. Photo: Catholic Diocese of Auki
The journey to clean water has been a long struggle for many communities in the Malaita province in the Solomon Islands.

Talaso, a Kenyan mother, faces a future of drought and starvation. Credit: Thom Flint, Catholic Agency for Overseas Development
As global average temperatures continue to rise, the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, such as cyclones, floods, and droughts, have escalated worldwide. This is exacerbating global water insecurity. Not only has the global population been increasing rapidly for decades, but average water use has over doubled this rate.
World Water Day aims to raise awareness about the global water crisis and the 2.2 billion people living without access to safe water each day.

Laxmi and her mother Mankala work in their fields close to their home in Jajarkot district, western Nepal. Photo: Richard Wainwright/Caritas Australia
Caritas Australia celebrates the transformational power of women through Ada, Rosalie and Laxmi.

Phany and her daughter near their home in Cambodia. Photo: Caritas Australia.
Leaving a bequest to Caritas Australia is a meaningful way to continue your impact on the world. Even leaving just 1% of your estate can create lasting change for vulnerable communities across the globe.

In the ashes of the humanitarian warehouse on Caritas Spes Lviv, destroyed by Russian drones. Photo: Caritas Spes Ukraine
As the war in Ukraine stretches into its fourth year, millions of Ukrainians continue to face displacement, loss, and uncertainty. With the largest conflict in Europe since World War II still ongoing, nearly a third of Ukraine’s population—12.7 million people—require humanitarian aid.

Talaso is a mother of two living in a remote community in Marsabit, northern Kenya. Photo: Thom Flint/CAFOD

Aid workers sit with Sudanese refugees in Chad. Photo credit: Caritas Mongo.
Sudan is enduring one of the worst hunger and displacement crises the world has ever witnessed. The magnitude of suffering since the brutal civil war erupted in April 2023 is difficult to put into words, yet it is crucial that the world understands the plight of millions who are enduring unimaginable hardship.

Destroyed buildings in Port Vila with emergency vehicles on the scene, photo credit YTS News.

Memory at her technical college near the city of Blantyre where she completed a course in carpentry in Malawi. Photo: Tim Lam/Caritas Australia

A burnt-out car in a destroyed neighbourhood in Gaza. Photo credit: Caritas Jerusalem.
16 JAN 25
A ceasefire deal has been announced. The ceasefire will commence on January 19, 2025 and will last for an initial period of 42 days. During this time, hostages will be returned and a surge of humanitarian aid will be allowed into the Gaza strip.

Memory (centre) with her parents, Lector and Lute, and siblings in their village in Mwanza district, southern Malawi. Photo credit: Caritas Australia and Caritas Gokwe.

Aid distribution at a transit camp for Sudanese refugees in Chad. Photo credit: Caritas Mongo.
Sally Thomas, Humanitarian Manager at Caritas Australia, writes in The West Australia.

Destruction following a later 2018 tsunami in Indonesia, the worst hit country by the 2004 tsunami. Photo Credit: Putu Sayoga/CRS
Caritas Australia remembers the devastation of the Boxing Day tsunami and its victims.

Children playing at a school in Samoa where 70 percent of people live in low lying coastal areas vulnerable to rising sea levels. Photo credit: Caritas Australia.
Global leaders let climate vulnerable countries down at COP29, but we must work to support climate vulnerable communities despite this setback.
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