Caritas Italy

Italian Catholic charity organization

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41°53′23″N 12°24′28″E / 41.8898°N 12.4077°E / 41.8898; 12.4077

President

Archbishop Carlo Roberto Maria Redaelli^[1]Websitewww.caritas.it

Caritas Italy (Italian: Caritas Italiana) is an Italian charitable organisation.

It was established by the Italian Bishops' Conference to promote overall human development, social justice, and peace, especially focusing on helping the poorest members of society. Caritas Italy is a member of both Caritas Internationalis and of Caritas Europa.^[2]

History

In 1970 Pope Paul VI dissolved the Italian Pontificia Opera Missionaria (POA, Pontifical Missionary Work), a charity that had been supported by American Roman Catholics and which reported directly to the Apostolic See. It had managed charity work in Italy during the two World Wars and in the early postwar period.^[3]

On 14 November 1970, at the seventh General Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Italy (C.E.I.) the papal recommendations were approved.^[4] With decree number 1727/71 of 2 July 1971, the C.E.I. approved the first statute of the diocesan Caritas of Italy, in charge of the Church's charitable and relief activities.^[5]^[6]

On 28 September 1972, the first national meeting of the diocesan Caritas was held.^[7] Three years later, Naples hosted the first national meeting between Church and lay people whose title was "Volunteering and human promotion", dedicated to the arising questions of the socalled Third Sector.^[8]

On 10 June 1977, Caritas Italiana and the Italian Ministry of Defence signed an agreement which added the former Pontificia Opera Missionaria to the list of entities where conscientious objectors could perform their civil service.^[9] The list was public and available at military districts.

In 2021, almost 1.5 million interventions were provided, and the organisation's listening centers gave support to 227,566 people (7.7% more than the previous year).^[10]

References

^ "Carlo Roberto Maria Redaelli alla guida di Caritas italiana". romasette.it (in Italian). 24 May 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
^ "Statuto della Caritas Italiana ("Statues of Caritas Italy")" (PDF). chiesacattolica.it (in Italian). 1990. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
^ Paolo Lambruschi (October 18, 2014). "1971 - La Caritas, intuizione profetica nello spirito del Concilio". Avvenire (in Italian). Archived from the original on June 4, 2020.
^ "Statuto della Caritas Italiana" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2020-06-04.
^ "40 anni fa la morte del beato Paolo VI. Il ricordo di Caritas Italiana" (in Italian). August 6, 2018.
^ Davanzo, don Roberto. "Paolo VI: beato della carità". Archived from the original on June 4, 2020.
^ "Discorso di Paolo VI ai partecipanti al I incontro nazionale di studi delle "Caritas" diocesane d'Italia" (in Italian). Libreria Editrice Vaticana. September 28, 1972.
^ De Luca, Claudio (2004). La dimensione educativa dell'uomo solidale (in Italian). Rubbettino Editore. p. 73. ISBN 9788849810745. OCLC 62487151. Archived from the original on June 4, 2020.
^ Brivio, Alberto (July 1, 2002). "Alfredo Giuseppe Remedi: io uno tra i primi obiettori" (PDF). IC (in Italian). pp. 26–27. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 27, 2020. and related video
^ "Presentato il Rapporto 2022 su povertà ed esclusione sociale in Italia". October 17, 2022.

Caritas Internationalis Member Organisations and Regional Secretariats

Caritas Africa Member Organisations

Caritas Angola
Caritas Benin
Caritas Botswana
Caritas Burkina Faso (OCADES)
Caritas Burundi
Caritas Cameroon
Caritas Cape Verde
Caritas Central African Republic
Caritas Chad
Caritas Comoros
Caritas Congo-Brazzaville
Caritas Congo
Caritas Côte d'Ivoire
Caritas Equatorial Guinea
Caritas Eritrea

Caritas Eswatini
Caritas Ethiopia (ECC- SDCO)
Caritas Gabon
Caritas Gambia (CaDO)
Caritas Ghana
Caritas Guinea (OCPH)
Caritas Guinea-Bissau
Caritas Kenya
Caritas Lesotho
Caritas Liberia
Caritas Madagascar
Caritas Malawi (CADECOM)
Caritas Mali
Caritas Mauritius
Caritas Mozambique
Caritas Namibia

Caritas Niger (CADEV)
Caritas Nigeria
Caritas Rwanda
Caritas São Tomé and Príncipe
Caritas Senegal
Caritas Seychelles
Caritas Sierra Leone
Caritas South Africa (Siyabhabha Trust)
Caritas South Sudan
Caritas Sudan
Caritas Tanzania
Caritas Togo (OCDI)
Caritas Uganda
Caritas Zambia
Caritas Zimbabwe (CADEC)

Caritas Asia Member Organisations

Caritas Bangladesh
Caritas Cambodia
Caritas Hong Kong
Caritas India
Caritas Indonesia
Caritas Japan
Caritas Kazakhstan
Caritas Kyrgyzstan
Caritas Laos

Caritas Korea
Caritas Macau
Caritas Malaysia
Caritas Mongolia
Caritas Myanmar (KMSS)
Caritas Nepal
Caritas Pakistan
Caritas Philippines (NASSA)
Caritas Singapore and CHARIS