Caritas

Caritas may refer to:

• The Latin term for charity (virtue), one of the three theological virtues
• Caritas International, 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 Manila, a Philippine division of the charitable organisation Caritas founded on October 1, 1953 which was then known as Catholic Charities
  • Caritas - Social Action, an agency of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales
  • Caritas (yacht) A private yacht and former WWII Navy patrol boat.

Religious

• 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

Educational

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

Miscellaneous

• 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