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Aid to the Church in Need is an international Catholic charity under the guidance of the Holy Father. For more than half a century, we have been serving the persecuted and suffering Church around the world.

Each year, Aid to the Church in Need supports more than 5,000 projects in 145 countries across the globe. Our shared goal: To help strengthen the Church and keep the Faith alive.

Where there is darkness and despair, we provide light, hope, and a constant sign that the Church is a dynamic, single, universal body in Christ.

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CAFOD is the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development, the official overseas development and relief agency of the Catholic Church in England and Wales.

CAFOD believes that all human beings have a right to dignity and respect, and that the world's resources are a gift to be shared equally by all men and women, whatever their race, nationality or religion.

Underpinning CAFOD's work is a deeply held set of values that are central to its ethos and identity. We act based on principles of compassion, solidarity, stewardship and hope.

Confronted by immense poverty and suffering, CAFOD's most fundamental response is compassion - standing alongside excluded communities, sharing resources, uniting in prayer, defending rights and challenging the systems that keep people poor.

Catholic Culture is a website set up to provide internet users with reliable Catholic editorial oversight, commentary and direction. This website is one of the first, largest and most well-known faithful Catholic websites on the Internet.

For those young people planning to take a gap year before going up to University or settling down to a career, why not use your talents to serve in a Church based environment?

This website shows the many Catholic gap year opportunities that exist, many here in the UK, from working with disabled people to evangelisation and youth centre work.

The purpose of the Faith Movement, in harmony with the Trust Deed of the Faith-Keyway Trust (registered charity no. 278314 in English Law) made on July 13th 1979, is to advance the Catholic Faith in the modern world. We work together in a living, sacramental practice of our faith to attract people to discipleship of Jesus Christ. We accept unequivocally all the defined teachings and Councils of the Church from Jerusalem to Vatican II and we profess our loyalty to the Magisterium in communion with the See of Peter.

The Maryvale Institute is the International college for Catechesis, Theology, Philosophy and Religious Education. Maryvales 'distance learning' approach has proved to be a significant factor in the appeal of our programmes and is ideally suited to the life styles of those for whom full-time education is not possible.

The Society of St Catherine of Sienna is committed to the renewal of the intellectual apostolate in the Roman Catholic Church. Our aim is to develop the Church's theological voice in the midst of a postmodern culture, and to foster the Faith through lively intellectual enquiry.

The Society grapples with these difficult questions through conferences, colloquia and other events, all within the context of the Church’s Sacred Liturgy.

The Society has an association with the English Province of the Order of Preachers.

The Saint Thomas More Legal Centre exists to provide specialist free legal advice and assistance in cases involving issues of Religious Freedom or Religious Discrimination in England and Wales. It is a predominantly Roman Catholic Organisation in origin and ethos but offers its services to all Christians in support of shared Christian principles and faith.

The Vatican's Astronomical Observatory has historical roots and traditions making it one of the oldest astronomical institutes in the world. The first foreshadowing of the Observatory can be traced to the constitution by Pope Gregory XIII of a committee to study the scientific data and implications involved in the reform of the calendar which occurred in 1582. The committee included Father Christoph Clavius, a Jesuit mathematician from the Roman College, who expounded and explained the calendar reform, now known as the Gregorian Calendar and used throughout the whole world today.

Yfaith is an initiative of the Catholic Agency to Support Evangelisation (CASE).

It is a website designed for young people between the ages of ten and thirteen, and has been created in response to the need of parents looking for support in passing on their faith to their children.

Based on biblical teaching and the teachings of the Catholic Church, Yfaith aims to facilitate young people᾿s faith exploration, and enhance their understanding and experience of the Catholic faith.

Zenit is a non-profit international newsagency of professionals and volunteers, publishing daily newsletters. Its objective is to inform about the "world seen from Rome," with professionalism and faithfulness to the truth.

Zenit aims to view the modern world through the messages of the Pope and the Holy See; to report the happenings of the Church; and to provide information regarding the topics, debates and events that are especially interesting to Christians worldwide. ZENIT carries out this service independently.