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349th session of the International Labour Organisation

ICMC Stands Ready To Contribute to the ILO’s Newly Adopted Global Coalition for Social Justice

ICMC welcomes the International Labour Organization’s adoption of the Global Coalition for Social Justice and is ready to contribute to...
Catholic Partnerships in Ukraine: Reflections and Future Challenges

Catholic Partnerships in Ukraine: Reflections and Future Challenges

Annual Report 2022

Representatives of the Governing Committee of ICMC during the meetings in Rome

At Rome Meetings, ICMC Highlights Significant Expansion in 2023

Keeping pace with increased capacity to resettle refugees in the United States, ICMC will increase the number of people supported...
Mozambican miner in the diocese of Rustenburg, during the pastoral visit of South African Bishop Robert Mphiwe on 27-28 August 2021 (SACBC, 2021)

Southern African Bishops’ Conference Coordinates Church Response to the Needs of Migrants and Refugees

The Office for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Refugees in Southern Africa leads efforts to coordinate a sustainable Church response...
ICMC in Ukraine - Healing the Invisible Wounds of War

ICMC in Ukraine – Healing the Invisible Wounds of War

ICMC Delegation Visits Ukraine

Source: Vatican News

On a second visit to Ukraine in less than a year, ICMC Secretary General, Msgr. Robert J. Vitillo, was deeply moved by the plight of the people, especially children, who are enduring psychological trauma and wounds that are deep, but invisible from the outside. Vatican News interviewed him and broadcast an ICMC video summarizing the visit.

Strengthening Care for Migrants in India

Source: Vatican News

To root out labour exploitation and human trafficking, the National Commission for Migrants of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) brought together representatives from across India on 12-14 March, with ICMC's President and the Vatican's Migrants and Refugees Section participating. The aim is to better protect people’s human dignity, by involving migrants too.

ICMC Governing Committee and its Newest Members Meet in Rome

ICMC Governing Committee and its Newest Members Meet in Rome

The ICMC Governing Committee met to review work across ICMC’s Regions and to advance the work of serving more people...
More than Seven Million Lives at Stake in Ethiopia's War

More than Seven Million Lives at Stake in Ethiopia’s War

Catholic Bishop in northern Ethiopia calls for an end to ‘genocidal war and siege’ that has raged for nearly two...
man and a boy sitting on stairs at train station with COVID masks

Shaping Migration in a Humane Manner

The German Bishops’ Conference, ICMC’s national member, and the Council of the Protestant Church in Germany release the English-language version...
Transporting wheelchairs into Ukraine

Transporting Wheelchairs into Ukraine

In Poland, a Catholic organization combines the energies of local people with disabilities and their friends to ensure essential relief...

Ukraine crisis needs longer-term solutions: Msgr. Vitillo

Source: AgenSir

In early July, ICMC Secretary General, Msgr. Robert J. Vitillo, spent a week visiting in solidarity with displaced people in Ukraine and refugees in Poland. Speaking for the Catholic Response for Ukraine (CR4U) working group, Msgr. Vitillo at the end of the trip participated in discussions at the European Parliament, pressing for longer-term solutions as the war continues.

World’s Ukrainian Bishops Gather in Poland

Source: Catholic News Service (CNS) in Crux

The Bishops are meeting for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, to feel the 'fraternal unity of the global Church' at a moment when pastoral care is crucial for both people directly affected by the war and to those clergy and laypeople responding in local communities to provide for the needs of refugees and displaced persons.

ICMC Secretary General visits with displaced people in Ukraine

The Sights, Sounds and Feelings When Meeting With Ukrainian Refugees and Displaced People

ICMC, representing the Catholic Response for Ukraine (CR4U) Working Group, visited Ukrainians in Poland and western Ukraine this week, in...

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