Caritas

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Caritas may refer to:

• The Latin term for charity (virtue), one of the three theological virtues.

Religion

• Caritas Internationalis, a confederation of Roman Catholic relief, development and social service organisations
  • Caritas Christi Health Care, a non-profit Roman Catholic healthcare system in the New England region of the United States
  • Caritas Hospital, a hospital located in Kottayam district, Kerala, India
  • Caritas Hong Kong, a charitable organisation of Caritas founded in July 1953
  • Caritas Macau, the charity outreach of the Diocese of Macau, China founded in 1971
  • Caritas Social Action Network, an agency of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales
• Deus caritas est, the first encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI.
• Caritas in Veritate, the third encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI; his first on social justice issues

Education

• Caritas Academy, an all-girls private, Roman Catholic high school in Jersey City, New Jersey
• Caritas Institute of Community Education,an institute of higher education

Other

• Caritas (yacht), a private yacht
• Las Caritas, a collection of Indian inscriptions in a rock formation in the Dominican Republic
• Caritas (Angel), a fictional demon-friendly karaoke bar in the U.S. television series Angel
• Caritas (Ponzi scheme), a pyramid investment/Ponzi scheme in the early 1990s in Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Caritas Well or Caritas Fountain, a Renaissance fountain in Copenhagen, Denmark
• "O Caritas", a song on the Cat Stevens album Catch Bull at Four

See also

• Carità (disambiguation)
• Charites, a group of minor goddesses in Greek mythology
• Deus caritas est (disambiguation)
• "Ubi caritas", a hymn of the Western Church associated with Maundy Thursday