Caritas Internationalis

Caritas Internationalis

Formation	9 November 1951
Founded at	Vatican City
Purpose	Humanitarian aid, international development, social service, advocacy
Headquarters	Palazzo San Callisto[1]
Location	Vatican City
Coordinates	41°53′20″N 12°28′14″E / 41.88889°N 12.47056°E / 41.88889; 12.47056
Origins	Catholic Social Teaching[2]
Region served	Worldwide
Membership (2023)	162 national member organisations[3][4]
Official language	English, French, Spanish
Secretary General	Alistair Dutton
President	Archbishop Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi
Vice-President	Kirsty Robertson
Main organ	General Assembly Representative Council (RepCo) Executive Board (ExBo)
Affiliations	ICVA,[5] SCHR, Sphere
Website	www.caritas.org

Caritas Internationalis (Latin for "Charity International") is a confederation of 162 national Catholic relief, development and social service organisations operating in over 200 countries and territories worldwide.^[6] The name Caritas Internationalis refers to both the global network of Caritas organisations and to its general secretariat based in the Vatican City in Rome, Italy.

Collectively and individually, their missions are "to serve the poor and to promote charity and justice throughout the world".^[7] Caritas Internationalis is the second-largest international humanitarian aid network in the world after the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.^{[8][9][10][11][12]}