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Not true. It was founded and is headquartered at CUA. While this is about Catholic Charities of Baltimore, their national office is Catholic Charities USA- >

Not true. It was founded and is headquartered at CUA. While this is about Catholic Charities of Baltimore, their national office is Catholic Charities USA- >Catholic Charities began with the establishment of the Catholic Church in America. John Carroll, the first Bishop of Baltimore, declared in 1792 that one-third of all parish revenues should go to “the relief of the poor.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Catholic_Charities#History http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Catholic_Charities#H...

dragonwriter 12y ago
> > Catholic charities =/= Catholic Church > Not true. No, entirely true. Catholic Charities USA is a federation of various US-based Catholic charitable organizations (and is itself a member of a similar global organization, Caritas Internationalis), but it is not the same thing as the Catholic Church, nor even the same thing as the charitable activity of the Catholic Church, nor even the same thing as the charitable activity of the Catholic Church in the USA. > While this is about Catholic Charities of Baltimore, their national office is Catholic Charities USA No "Catholic Charities of Baltimore" does not have a national office, they are non-profit organization founded by the Archdiocese of Baltimore. They are a member organization Catholic Charities USA (a much newer organization), but CCUSA doesn't run or direct its member organizations.