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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 Internationalis was one of many organisations involved in the World Social Forum (here pictured in 2003 in Porto Alegre). Nonetheless, Caritas also continued its work as social service provider and development actor around the world. For example Caritas Hong Kong, greatly expanded its educational and healthcare services. [74]
Caritas Mexico (Spanish: Cáritas Mexicana) is a Mexican nonprofit organisation. It is the official aid organisation of the Catholic Church in Mexico . The organisation is a member of the global Caritas Internationalis confederation and of Caritas Latin America and Caribbean .
The role of Caritas Latin America and Caribbean is to foster peer exchange and learning among its member organisations, and to speak with a unified voice. The secretariat (SELACC) is also engaged in advocacy, for example concerning the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean Summits [ 3 ] as well as in the institutional capacity ...
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 may refer to: The Latin term for charity, one of the three theological virtues; Religion. Caritas Internationalis, a confederation of more than 160 Catholic ...
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 Sweden was tasked with coordinating social pastoral work in the Catholic diocese. An important part of this was the creation of a volunteer programme in the Catholic parishes. Local Caritas groups visited the elderly and sick, organised soup kitchens for the homeless, and arranged activities for the lonely.