Execution of Saddam Hussein
East Timor declares independence Indian Ocean tsunami
Appointment of Archbishop Murphy-O’Connor, Westminster
Chris Bain appointed Director
Bishop Rawsthorne appointed Chairman
250,000 people rally to MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY in Edinburgh
Darfur emergency response
New Covenant with the poor established in every diocese
CAFOD WORLD CHURCH
2000
Pope John Paul II visits Holy Land
2001
Jubilee 2000 campaign to cancel third world debt UN Millennium Development Goals set
Floods devastate Mozambique
Attack on World Trade Center
2002
2003
2004
Invasion of Iraq Civil war breaks out in Darfur, Sudan
Pope John Paul II nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Death of Elspeth Orchard, one of the first Fast Day founders
Tsunami emergency response
2005 Gleneagles summit debt cancellation agreed
Commission for Africa report published
2006 Deus Caritas Est encyclical
Catholic community raise £10m for CAFOD Tsunami appeal Death of Pope John Paul II Election of Pope Benedict XVI
2000s