Why did Caritas Australia begin its work?
The agency which became Caritas Australia during 1996 had its beginnings in the early 1960s, when awareness of global human needs was growing rapidly as international channels of communication continued to improve and as nations under colonial control were struggling for independence. The organisation which became known as Australian Catholic Relief was born and began to grow as the pace of global social change began to increase and as the Catholic Church adjusted to the dramatic changes brought about by the Second Vatican Council (1962-65).
