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Dutch Lenten Campaign Foundation is the Roman Catholic aid agency for the Netherlands.In Dutch: “Stichting Bisschoppelijke Vastenaktie Nederland”. The foundation is supported by the local churches here and in developing countries.
This is a list of development aid agencies which provide regional and international development aid or assistance, divided between national (mainly OECD countries) and international organizations. Agencies of numerous development cooperation partners from emerging countries such as India, Middle Eastern countries, Mexico, South Africa ...
Although the initial goal was to aid refugees who fled or were expelled from Eastern Europe in the wake of the Second World War, many of them Catholic, [2] in 1952 the organisation began to work to help persecuted Christians behind the Iron Curtain. In 1961 work spread to Christians in difficulty in Asia, and in 1965 to Africa. [4]
Roman Catholic dioceses in the Netherlands (1 C, 11 P) S. Synagogues in the Netherlands (8 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Religious organisations based in the Netherlands"
For instance, American Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is one of the largest international humanitarian NGOs globally, reporting a revenue of $923 million USD in 2020. [98] Caritas Germany is the largest welfare organisation and private employer in Germany, with almost 700,000 employees. [ 15 ]
The Catholic Church in the Netherlands has suffered an official membership loss of 650,000 members between 2003 (4,532,000 pers. / 27.9% overall population) and 2015 (3,882,000 pers. / 22.9% overall population). [6] The number of people registered as Catholic in the Netherlands continues to decrease, roughly by half a percent annually.
Caritas Europa states that it maintains a "privileged partnership" with the Council of the Bishops' Conferences of Europe (CCEE), the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) and CIDSE, an umbrella organisation for Catholic development agencies from Europe and North America. [13]
Pages in category "Catholic charities" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...