In teaching us charity, the Gospel instructs us in the preferential respect due to the poor and the special situation they have in society: the more fortunate should renounce some of their rights so as to place their goods more generously at the service of others. Pope Paul VI, Octogesima Adveniens (1971), n.23.
CSAN charity Seeking Sanctuary has released a statement concerning the planned demolitions in Calais next week. Seeking Sanctuary says, ‘Be more cautious’.
By Kathleen O’Brien, a parishioner of Faversham, on her visit to the clothes distribution centre in Calais A short journey As my parish in Kent is closer to France than London, I feel […]
Guest blog by Kathleen O’Brien, a parishioner of Faversham Lakeland walls Last week, walking in the Lake District, I was again struck by its beautiful dry stone walls. They are […]
CSAN (Caritas Social Action Network) is deeply concerned by the proposal to build a wall near the Calais refugee camp. We recognise the right of states to secure their borders […]
CSAN has produced a submission on asylum seekers and the right to work. Many people are unaware that asylum seekers are prohibited by law from working. As it currently stands, more than 3,600 asylum seekers have been waiting more than six months for an initial decision on their cases and surviving on just over £5 a day.
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