Catholic Charities

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Catholic Charities is a worldwide network of charities whose aim is to "reduce poverty, support families, and empower communities."[1] Catholic Charities traces its origin to an orphanage founded in 1727 in New Orleans, Louisiana by the French Ursulines Sisters.

Catholic Charities, USA (CCUSA), with headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, is recognized as one of the nation's largest voluntary social service networks. It was founded in 1910 as the National Conference of Catholic Charities. More than 1,400 agencies, institutions and organizations make up the Catholic Charities network - including individual organizations of the dioceses, such as the Archdiocese of Chicago. Nearly 90 cents of every dollar donated to Catholic Charities agencies goes directly to programs and services.[2].

Together, with the local, diocesan Catholic Charities affiliates, Catholic Charities is the second largest social service provider in the United States and it is only surpassed by the US Federal Government. Often, this means that the CCUSA network is able to provide assistance which other agencies are simply unable to provide or in circumstances where the other assistance is insufficient to provide the necessary aid.

Please learn about the Campaign to Reduce Poverty in America here http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/poverty/

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Archbishop Sean P. O'Malley and leaders of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Boston formally announced the agency will terminate its adoption work, abandoning its founding mission because they would not be able to provide services after the Massachusetts state legislature passed a law requiring that homosexuals be allowed to adopt children and refused to make allowances for religious organizations, even after appeals from both the Governor and the Archbishop of Boston. Whether or not this law is a violation of constitutionally guaranteed religious liberties is a question yet to be answered.[3] A similar situation has arisen in the UK.

  1. ^ Catholic Charities mission statement
  2. ^ About Catholic Charities
  3. ^ Catholic Charities stuns state, ends adoptions (English) (html) 2. Boston Globe (Mar 11, 2006). Retrieved on August 25, 2006.

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