Caritas Brazil

	Caritas Brazil Caritas Brazil () is a not-for-profit social welfare organisation in Brazil. It is a service of the Catholic Church in Brazil and a member of both Caritas Internationalis and Caritas Latin America and Caribbean. History and work Caritas Brasil was founded in 1956 at the initiative of Bishop Hélder Câmara, who was at the time the Secretary-General of the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB). It operates as a federation of 198 member organisations, structured into 13 regional divisions and four national articulations. Its work spans 450 municipalities, focusing on supporting the most impoverished communities. The organisation and its members implement their work through more than 15,000 workers, most of whom are volunteers. Initially centred on informal charitable practices guided by Christian principles, Caritas began professionalising its activities in the 1970s. This shift included specialised training for regional and diocesan staff, which laid the groundwork f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Episcopal Conference Of Brazil The National Conference of Bishops of Brazil ( Portuguese: ''Conferência Nacional dos Bispos do Brasil'', CNBB) is a group of the Catholic Bishops of Brazil formed under the Code of Canon Law. All diocesan bishops in Brazil belong to CNBB along with coadjutor bishops, auxiliary bishops and other titular Bishops who exercise in the same territory a special charge, entrusted by the Apostolic See or by the Conference of Bishops.Cf. can. 450 The CNBB was founded on October 14, 1952, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The headquarters moved to Brasília in 1977. Organization The National Conference of Bishops of Brazil has the following groups: General Assembly Regional Councils Permanent Council Episcopal Commissions Presidency CNBB Economic and Fiscal Councils CONSEP Bound Bodies General Secretariat National Advisors Presidents Cardinal Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta, 1952–1958 Cardinal Jaime de Barros Câmara, 1958–1964 Cardinal Agnelo Rossi, 1964–1971 Cardinal Alo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	National Conference Of Bishops Of Brazil The National Conference of Bishops of Brazil ( Portuguese: ''Conferência Nacional dos Bispos do Brasil'', CNBB) is a group of the Catholic Bishops of Brazil formed under the Code of Canon Law. All diocesan bishops in Brazil belong to CNBB along with coadjutor bishops, auxiliary bishops and other titular Bishops who exercise in the same territory a special charge, entrusted by the Apostolic See or by the Conference of Bishops.Cf. can. 450 The CNBB was founded on October 14, 1952, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The headquarters moved to Brasília in 1977. Organization The National Conference of Bishops of Brazil has the following groups: General Assembly Regional Councils Permanent Council Episcopal Commissions Presidency CNBB Economic and Fiscal Councils CONSEP Bound Bodies General Secretariat National Advisors Presidents Cardinal Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta, 1952–1958 Cardinal Jaime de Barros Câmara, 1958–1964 Cardinal Agnelo Rossi, 1964–1971 Cardinal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Humanitarian Aid Organizations Humanitarianism is an ideology centered on the value of human life, whereby humans practice benevolent treatment and provide assistance to other humans to reduce suffering and improve the conditions of humanity for moral, altruistic, and emotional reasons. One aspect involves voluntary emergency aid overlapping with human rights advocacy, actions taken by governments, development assistance, and domestic philanthropy. Other critical issues include correlation with religious beliefs, motivation of aid between altruism, market affinity, social control imperialism and neo-colonialism, gender and class relations, and humanitarian agencies. A practitioner is known as a humanitarian. While humanitarianism on a local and national level can be traced far back in history, scholars of international politics tend to identify the advent of global humanitarian impulses to the 19th century. The creation of the International Red Cross in 1863 is considered a key juncture in global humanitari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Christian Organisations Based In Brazil A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism, monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the world. The words ''Christ (title), Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title (), a translation of the Biblical Hebrew term ''mashiach'' () (usually rendered as ''messiah'' in English). While there are diverse interpretations of Christianity which sometimes conflict, they are united in believing that Jesus has a unique significance. The term ''Christian'' used as an adjective is descriptive of anything associated with Christianity or Christian churches, or in a proverbial sense "all that is noble, and good, and Christ-like." According to a 2011 Pew Research Center survey, there were 2.3 billion Christians around the world, up from about 600 million in 1910. Today, about 37% of all Christians live in the Americas, about 26% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]