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Caritas Internationalis (Latin for ' Charity International ') is a confederation of 162 national Catholic relief, development and social service organisations operating in over 200 countries and territories worldwide. [7] The name Caritas Internationalis refers to both the global network of Caritas organisations and to its general secretariat ...
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is the international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States.Founded in 1943 by the Bishops of the United States, the agency provides assistance to 130 million people in more than 110 countries and territories in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Eastern Europe.
Caritas Norway was founded in 1952 as Norwegian Catholic Help for Refugees (Norsk katolsk flyktninghjelp) by the Catholic Church in Norway.In 1964, it became an independent organisation and adopted its current name, initially under the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo, and later under the Norwegian Catholic Bishops' Council (Norsk Katolsk Bisperåd).
Catholic Charities USA is a member of Caritas Internationalis, an international federation of Catholic social service organizations. [2] Catholic Charities USA is the national office of 167 local Catholic Charities agencies nationwide.
Caritas Australia's predecessor was the Catholic Church Relief Fund (CCRF), established in 1962 and whose name was changed two years to Episcopal Committee for Catholic Overseas Relief (COR). Later that same year, in 1964, the Catholic Bishops started the Catholic Overseas Relief Executive Committee, whose members were lay people.
Caritas Jerusalem was founded in 1967 after the Six-Day War to coordinate Catholic relief efforts. [3] [4]In 2022, Caritas Jerusalem's activities included the renovation of houses, distribution of food kits, integration activities for persons with disabilities, labour market integration activities for women and youth, healthcare and health promotion activities, as well as other support to ...
The diocesan Caritas associations are organised on a decentralised basis, i.e. they are legally independent. They are subject to the diocesan structure within the Catholic Church. [7] Caritas Germany is the largest social employer in the country with around 695,000 employees, 80% of which are women, and several hundred thousand volunteers.
The work of Caritas MONA's secretariat involves coordinating responses from its member organisations to disasters and humanitarian emergencies within the confederation, as well as providing technical support and capacity-building through training initiatives, among other to ensure compliance with Caritas Internationalis Management Standards.