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“Charity is at the heart of the church, it is the reason for its action, the soul of its mission” (Pope Francis).
Caritas means love. The Latin term for charity, caritas, implies an act of giving by people out of the goodness of their hearts. Charity is ‘the soul’ of the Church’s mission. Charity is the main path of the Church’s Social Doctrine. It is the ‘principal driving
force behind the authentic development of every person and of all humanity’. (Pope Benedict XVI).
Caritas South Africa is the official organization of the Catholic Church, created to carry out all social activities of the Church. It receives its mandate from the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC). Caritas South Africa forms part of the Department for Catholic Social Action and it is en-trusted with the task of coordination and implementation of various Caritas activities in the different Dioceses of the South Africa.
