Caritas - social change

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The pope speaks to this organization rather often from what I understand. Anyone have a general knowledge about them? Donate to them? I don’t know much or their history. Seems that they do a large part of the social justice of the Catholic Church. I’m interested to hear what other people know about this organization, and also, any other organizations or groups you think are contributing to social change?
 
“Caritas Internationalis (“Caritas”), a self-described “Catholic agency for overseas aid and development,” devotes much of its activities to being an outspoken cheerleader of the Palestinian cause, while there are few Israeli responses to Palestinian terror that does not “appall,” “affront,” “shock,” or “deeply concern” its sensibilities.”

This post on the NGO monitor website (link below) is twelve years old but Caritas is still strongly anti-Israel. I would think twice, at least, before making a donation to an organization that is more critical of Israel than of the Muslim extremists of Hamas and Hezbollah, even an organization that has an institutional link with the Catholic Church.

ngo-monitor.org/article/caritas_internationalis
 
Thanks fall.

In response to the article posted, do you think that there is merit in Israel being an aggressor?
 
Caritas supports the United Nations Millenium Goal & Development Fund and has formed a sort of partnership with the World Social Forum since the beginning. For the U.N. and WSF anti-Catholic views dedicated to the spread of Marxism, homosexuality and abortion I pray for the organization and take great pains that we make no donation to them or their affiliates. Ditto for Catholic Relief Services and the controversy they are continually embroiled with in donating millions to anti-life causes through their byzantine networks. To re-hash all the arguments do a simple search on this forum. To research their activities and find factual reports, google Caritas+abortion to get a sampling.
 
Tigg said:
I pray for the organization and take great pains that we make no donation to them or their affiliates.
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What disaster relief organizations do you donate to?

When there’s an earthquake, hurricane, etc. somewhere in the world and I want to be able to do something to help, donating money is pretty much my only option. I like the idea of giving to Catholic Relief Services specifically because it’s Catholic. I would rather donate to them than to a secular organization. So if not CRS, then who?
 
SuscipeMeDomine said:
What disaster relief organizations do you donate to?

When there’s an earthquake, hurricane, etc. somewhere in the world and I want to be able to do something to help, donating money is pretty much my only option. I like the idea of giving to Catholic Relief Services specifically because it’s Catholic. I would rather donate to them than to a secular organization. So if not CRS, then who?
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We broke our own rule one time with CRS - during the hurricane relief a few years ago because we knew the desperation and immediate need. I have absolutely no qualms about giving to non-Catholic *Christian *organizations that are purely humanitarian in nature. Why give to an organization that has Catholic in its name, but thumbs its nose at the moral teaching of my Church while blatantly disobeying the Motu Proprio of Benedict on charitable giving? I’ll donate to a Christian organization which flies persecuted Christians out of the danger zones in the Middle East, feeds and gives them medical attention and helps America’s poor, rather than to donate to a “Catholic” charity which in turn, gives my money to an organization which is passing out condoms in Cambodia.

It’s difficult to constantly monitor the activities of charitable agencies. We’ve found our best bet is to read the materials they send and keep an eye on their website. To answer your specifics, we (until we discern otherwise) are giving to Barnabas Aid and the Christian Appalachian Project just to name a couple. We always research their partnerships because we’ve found it is there one will get an accurate indication of their intent and hidden agendas.
 
The first thing that came up when I googled Barnabas Aid was an article about their president being found guilty in court of groping a woman and intimidating witnesses. I guess no employee of any charity is above reproach.

Neither of the agencies you cited mentions Nepal, which has the current victims of a natural disaster. The Christian Appalachian Project only helps a small corner of the United States so Nepal is out of their realm anyway.

If I wanted to make ongoing contributions to a charity, then I suppose either of these would be worth considering. But when I want to help the victims of a natural disaster, Catholic Relief Services will remain my charity of choice. I won’t ignore suffering people because the agency that can help them isn’t quite pure enough.
 
SuscipeMeDomine said:
The first thing that came up when I googled Barnabas Aid was an article about their president being found guilty in court of groping a woman and intimidating witnesses. I guess no employee of any charity is above reproach.

Neither of the agencies you cited mentions Nepal, which has the current victims of a natural disaster. The Christian Appalachian Project only helps a small corner of the United States so Nepal is out of their realm anyway.

If I wanted to make ongoing contributions to a charity, then I suppose either of these would be worth considering. But when I want to help the victims of a natural disaster, Catholic Relief Services will remain my charity of choice. I won’t ignore suffering people because the agency that can help them isn’t quite pure enough.
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You see…it’s an ongoing effort because as careful as we are, I knew nothing of these sexual charges! Seems it happened the first of the year. However, do the personal sins of one person have the same gravity as an entire organization promoting an anti-Catholic agenda in life issues? In my book - no.
 
Warandpeace said:
The pope speaks to this organization rather often from what I understand. Anyone have a general knowledge about them? Donate to them? I don’t know much or their history. Seems that they do a large part of the social justice of the Catholic Church. I’m interested to hear what other people know about this organization, and also, any other organizations or groups you think are contributing to social change?
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In Australia Caritas is probably the biggest, oldest and most recognisable name in the charity giving world. The lenten giving plan ‘Project Compassion’ has been a nation wide campaign in Catholic schools and families since at least I was a kid in the 60’s. My parents have given to them on a monthly plan for as long as I can remember as did all my friends parents. Pope Francis can recognise a gem when he sees it.
 
What is the Vatican’s and the USCCB’s position on Catholic Relief Services?

From the USCCB website:
“. . . we do urge the Catholic faithful to continue to support Catholic Relief Services. The U.S. Catholic bishops stand firmly behind CRS in its commitment to promote and defend human dignity and the sacredness of every human life from the moment of conception until natural death, and at every moment in between.”

I haven’t found anything from the Vatican yet.

But…should I trust the USCCB or a post on CAF when it comes to these things? :hmmm:
 
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I haven’t found anything from the Vatican yet.
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The Vatican would likely talk about the parent organization, Caritas, rather than their US branch, CRS.

The Pope celebrated the opening liturgy for the Caritas 2015 conference just a few days ago. Source]
 
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