Caritas Mexico

Caritas Mexico
Cáritas Mexicana
Established	15 June 1973
Type	Nonprofit
Legal status	IAP
Purpose	development aid, humanitarian aid, social services
Location	Mexico City, Mexico;
Coordinates	19°23′01″N 99°10′56″W / 19.383578699640065°N 99.18208830565175°W
Origins	Catholic Social Teaching
Region served	Mexico
Affiliations	Caritas Internationalis, Caritas Latin America and Caribbean
Website	www.caritasmexicana.org

Caritas Mexico (Spanish: Cáritas Mexicana) is a Mexican nonprofit organisation. It is the official aid organisation of the Catholic Church in Mexico.

The organisation is a member of the global Caritas Internationalis confederation and of Caritas Latin America and Caribbean.^[2]

Background[edit]

In 1971, Pope Paul VI established the Pontifical Council Cor Unum. Its goal was the coordination, promotion and intensification of the Catholic relief and assistance activities and organizations. One of the two members of the council was Adalberto Almeida y Merino, Archbishop of Chihuahua. He returned home to convince the Episcopal Conference of Mexico to create a national Caritas in Mexico, which was achieved in 1973.^[3]

The original purpose of Caritas Mexico was to serve as the federation of the Mexican diocesan Caritas organisations, as most Catholic dioceses had established their own Caritas.^[1] However, between 1979 and 1995, Caritas Mexico mainly provided emergency relief and social assistance. In 1997, its legal status changed and it became an Institución de Asistencia Privada (Private Assistance Institution). This allowed it to restore its original purpose as federation.^[4] In 2024, there were 62 diocesan Caritas branches operating in 30 Mexican states.

Structure[edit]

Caritas Mexico consists of dozens of regional, independent Caritas organisations in Mexico, one in each of the Catholic dioceses of Mexico. They implement social projects locally.

The diocesan organisations are:

Cáritas Mexicana IAP
Cáritas Aguascalientes AC
Cáritas Arquidiócesis de México IAP
Cáritas de Monterrey ABP
Cáritas de Querétaro IAP
Cáritas de Guadalajara AC
Cáritas Lomita IAP (Culiacán)
Caritas Mazatlán IAP
Cáritas de Baja California Sur AC (La Paz)
Cáritas Diocesana Morelia IAP
Cáritas de Chihuahua IBP
Centro de Estudios y Promoción Social Cáritas AC (San Luís Potosí)
Cáritas de Tabasco AC
Cáritas de Quintana Roo AC
Caritas de Yucatán AC
Cáritas de San Juan de los Lagos AC
Cáritas de León AC
Cáritas de San Cristobal de las Casas AC
Cáritas de la Arquidiócesis de Acapulco AC
Cáritas de Saltillo AC
Fundación de Beneficencia Privada Cáritas de Puebla IBP
Cáritas de Nuevo Laredo AC
Cáritas Colima IAP
Cáritas Diocesano de Piedras Negras AC
Cáritas Hidalgo AC (Tula)
Cáritas Tulancingo AC
Cáritas de Huajuapan de León AC
Cáritas de la Diócesis de Ecatepec IAP
Cáritas de la Diócesis de Tenancingo IAP
Cáritas de Tampico AC
Cáritas de la Arquidiócesis de Tlalnepantla IAP
Cáritas Parral AC
Cáritas Diocesanas de Torreón AC
Cáritas de Ciudad Victoria AC
Cáritas Xalapa
Cáritas Tehuacán AC
Cáritas de Cordoba AC
Cáritas Diócesis de San Andrés Tuxtla AC
Cáritas de la Sagrada Familia de Gomez Palacio Durango AC
Caridad Pastoral Social AC (Matamoros)
Cáritas Región Mexicali AC
Cáritas Region Siderurgica A.C.
Caritas de Zamora AC
Cáritas Morelos AC
Cáritas de Tuxpan AC
Cáritas de Tuxtla Gutiérrez AC
Caritas Región Noroeste AC (Tijuana)
Cáritas Veracruz
Cáritas Zacatecas
Cáritas Kórima IASP (Tarahumara)
Cáritas Toluca
Cáritas Texcoco
Centro asistencial y de promoción humana AC (Celaya)
Cáritas Diócesis de Irapuato AC
Cáritas diocesana de Antequera Oaxaca
Cáritas de Autlán AC
Cáritas Diocesana de Coatzacoalcos
Cáritas Nezahualcóyotl
Cáritas Hermosillo
Cáritas de CD Juárez
Cáritas Campeche
Cáritas Tlaxcala
Cáritas Nuevo Casas Grandes
Cáritas Tepic
Cáritas de San Agustín Tapachula
Cáritas Tlapa
Cáritas Teotihuacán
Cáritas Tehuantepec
Cáritas de Apatzingán
Cáritas Lázaro Cárdenas
Cáritas CD Valles
Cáritas CD Altamirano
Cáritas del Guadiana
Cáritas Huejutla

External links[edit]

Official website (in Spanish)

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Actos de fe y humanidad, brinda Cáritas Mexicana IAP". somoshermanos.mx. 27 July 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
^ "Where we work: Mexico". caritas.org. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
^ Acosta Velázquez, Felipe René. "S.E. MONS. ADALBERTO ALMEIDA Y MERINO (de 1969 a 1991)". Blogspot "Catedral de Chihuahua". Retrieved 29 April 2024.
^ Anguiano, José Antonio (27 January 2023). "25 años de Cáritas Diocesana Morelia IAP". hitdiscapacidad.com. Retrieved 29 April 2024.

[somoshermanos-1] "Actos de fe y humanidad, brinda Cáritas Mexicana IAP". somoshermanos.mx. 27 July 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2024.

[2] "Where we work: Mexico". caritas.org. Retrieved 1 May 2024.

[catedral-3] Acosta Velázquez, Felipe René. "S.E. MONS. ADALBERTO ALMEIDA Y MERINO (de 1969 a 1991)". Blogspot "Catedral de Chihuahua". Retrieved 29 April 2024.

[hitdiscapacidad-4] Anguiano, José Antonio (27 January 2023). "25 años de Cáritas Diocesana Morelia IAP". hitdiscapacidad.com. Retrieved 29 April 2024.

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