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Secours Catholique is the French organization of Caritas Internationalis and a confederation of Catholic relief, development, and social service organizations operating in France and in developing countries.
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Secours Catholique is a service of the Catholic Church in France. It refers to the social teaching of the Church. Its annual report on poverty in France is a main source of information on this issue.
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Secours Catholique was founded in 1946 as a declared association by a priest, Jean Rhodain, who was struck by the great poverty in France after World War II. Secours Catholique was dedicated to the alleviation of poverty and operated mainly by volunteers. In 1950, it joined the newly created confederation, Caritas Internationalis, and in 1962, it was acknowledged as a public utility association. Its international action expanded in the 1970s and 1980s.
In 1990, Secours Catholique created a subsidiary, Cités du Secours Catholique, whose mission is to...
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Secours Catholique Rapport statistique 2017.
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Archambault, E. (2021). Secours Catholique. In: List, R.A., Anheier, H.K., Toepler, S. (eds) International Encyclopedia of Civil Society. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99675-2_456-1
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