"Poverty and social injustice
are the real weapons of mass destruction."
- Cardinal Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga
President of Caritas Internationalis
Caritas Internationalis
Poverty and injustice have many causes. The 162 Caritas national members believe they can do more to combat them by combining their resources.
National members come under the umbrella of Caritas Internationalis, with its headquarters in the Vatican City, and representatives at the United Nations in New York and Geneva, Rome, and Paris.
Maximum Impact
Caritas Internationalis channels the resources of its members:
Whether it’s providing food, shelter, water or medicine, we ensure rapid response, professionalism and coordination in emergency programming and disaster preparedness,
Whether it’s tackling the HIV pandemic or the consequences of climate change, we share knowledge to help the most marginalised become protagonists of their own development,
Whether it’s training communities in peace building or bringing divided peoples together, we seek to end conflict non-violently, promoting one humanity through inter-faith dialogue
Whether it’s speaking out on economic injustice or migration, we empower poor people and communities to challenge unjust international policies, practises and attitudes.
Caritas in numbers
- There are Caritas organisations in162 countries, but we work in many more places, always without regard to race or religion
- Caritas members directly help 24 million people a year in 200 countries and territories
- Caritas members employ 40,000 paid staff and 125,000 volunteers (not including 400,000 staff and 400,000 volunteers in Germany
- Caritas organisations have a combined turnover of over US$5.5 billion
Read Pope John Paul II Grants Canonical Legal Status to Caritas Internationalis
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