Christine Allen
Christine Allen is the Executive Director of Cafod, a prominent Catholic development agency in the UK. She advocates for social justice and international development, emphasizing the importance of addressing poverty and inequality globally. Allen has been vocal about the impact of government decisions on aid budgets, particularly in relation to the recent cuts announced by the Labour government.
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Recent news mentions
Christine Allen, chief executive of the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (Cafod), said: 'Our new pope will take on the papacy as the world faces a challenging international combination of spiralling global debt, accelerating climate change, and escalating humanitarian need.'
The papal in-tray: new pontiff will have to hit the ground running on so many urgent issues | The papacy
United Kingdom· 2025-05-06
Christine Allen, Executive Director of Cafod, is among the signatories condemning the cuts to the aid budget.
Keir Starmer faces backbench rebellion over ‘shortsighted’ cuts to aid budget | LabourUnited Kingdom· 2025-03-02
