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CAFOD

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The Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD)[1] is an international development charity and the official aid agency of the Catholic Church in England and Wales. It stands beside people living in poverty – whatever their religion or culture. Through local Catholic Church and secular partners, it helps people directly in their own communities and campaigns for global justice, so that everyone can reach their full potential.

It is funded by the Catholic community in England and Wales, the British government, private and institutional donors, and the general public.

CAFOD is part of Caritas Internationalis, the worldwide federation of Catholic aid orgnisations with a presence in 165 countries and is a member of the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) and the British Overseas Aid Group.

CAFOD’s Director Christine Allen was appointed in March 2019. In 2019/20 CAFOD’s income was £45million and it employed approximately 410 staff along with more than 6,000 volunteers carrying out a range of roles such as campaigning, fundraising, media, office support and youth work.

CAFOD’s work is based on Gospel values and Catholic Social Teaching.[2] In 2020 it launched a new strategy Our Common Home – based on Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’, which calls for a new definition of progress rooted in integral ecology, recognising that everything is connected and hearing both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor, calling on all people to dialogue in society about how best to tackle the global issue…                                 

I wrote the above in response to the attack on the Catholic Church over money which apparent it is all about.    Yes it takes in  great deal of money, and yes you can find examples of individual bishops, priests, and lay people who let us say 'help themselves' but this is not true of the vast majority of bishops, priests, and lay people.     I gave you the example of Cafod taken, whenever there is a disaster then Cafod is there helping and assisting, though the media is now very silent about this.    I could equally mention, Caritas, Aid to the Church in Need, the Association of the Propagation of the Faith, and many many others.   Then there is the religious Orders of the Faith, Nuns, priests, and brothers who run schools ad medical centres for the poor in Africa and Asia and to be honest in every part of the world.   In America there are free Catholic Hospitals for those who have no money to pay for Health Insurance.    If I mention the Sisters of Mother Theresa, who pick up the sick and dying from the streets of Calcutta, will the yothg of today, will they have been told about this by their parents.   Yes I and many others give a lot to the Church but we know where every penny goes.   And I will not neglect my Protestant friends, for when I enter Protestant Churches I will also find a table or stand where a charity is being supported, whether it be one of their own, or Oxfam, or Barnardos.    Those who attack the lack of Charity in the Christian Church are following their own agendas, and not speaking the truth.      

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