Caritas may refer to:

  • The Latin term for charity, one of the three theological virtues

Religion

  • Caritas Internationalis, a confederation of more than 160 Catholic relief, development and social service organisations: The links to the articles of the different organisations named "Caritas" can be found here.
  • 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, Catholic high school in Jersey City, New Jersey
  • Caritas Institute of Community Education, an institute of higher education

Health care

  • Caritas Christi Health Care, a non-profit Catholic healthcare system in the New England region of the United States
  • Caritas Hospital, a hospital located in Kottayam district, Kerala, India

Other

  • Caritas (yacht), a private yacht
  • Las Caritas, a collection of Indian inscriptions in a rock formation in the Dominican Republic
  • Caritas, a bar in the U.S. television series Angel (1999 TV series)
  • Caritas (Ponzi scheme), a pyramid investment in the early 1990s in Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  • Caritas Well or Caritas Fountain, a Renaissance fountain in Copenhagen, Denmark

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
  • "O Caritas", a song on the Cat Stevens album Catch Bull at Four