First of all, I volunteered hundereds of hours for a Catholic children's hospital in St. Louis a few years ago. They have crucifixes in every patient room and a strong presence of clergy.
That hospital is not alone. (It is an SSM hospital, for those interested.) The majority of the hospitals in that area are Catholic and all of them live up to their name, serving "in the context of Catholic doctrine and Catholic moral teachings."
Secondly, to everyone who is quick to chastize Catholic Charities in general, I would like to share a personal story. My father is a (not-so-)small business owner, and several years ago, Catholic Charities contacted him to ask if he would offer jobs to Albanian and Iraqi refugees who were in the process of becoming citizens. My father accepted and, since then, has maintained a relationship with the extended families of those original, legal immigrants. This is just one small example, but I think it hits right at the core of what Catholic Charities is about. They facilitated a connection between a Catholic employer and immigrants looking to become true Americans, as my great-grandparents and grandparents did not so long ago.
Please excuse the two typos in the last reply (hundreds and chastise). I was typing too quickly for my own good...
However, I will post this link here to a list of what Catholic Charities USA describes as their "Legislative Priorities" . . . all of which involve lobbying government on behalf of various left-wing causes that have absolutely nothing to do with charity in any Christian sense.
Just read through that list (I've highlighted some of the real winners) . . . "Support full funding for the Section 8, Section 202, and other affordable housing programs," "Preserve the targeting of Section 8 vouchers to extremely low-income households," "Support increased funding for McKinney homeless assistance programs," "Support improvements in the TANF program to reduce child poverty; improve employability of recipients; ensure quality, affordable child care; provide adequate income for families; and support marriage and family life," "Support immigration reforms to help undocumented workers to adjust to legal status," "Support restoration of federal benefits to legal immigrants," "Support access to higher education to children of undocumented immigrants," "Promote just and fair budget and tax policies to provide adequate resources for federal investments in housing, health care, and social services for lower-income households, "Protect and expand the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and other tax policies that benefit low-income households," "Preserve the Medicaid entitlement and benefits for low-income individuals," "Support increased access to affordable health insurance coverage for the uninsured and underinsured," "Support legislation to facilitate enrollment of children in Medicaid and SCHIP," "Support and preserve funding for food stamps and child nutrition programs," "Support labor law, wage and hour reforms and better enforcement of current laws for agricultural workers," "Support reforms of laws regarding child agricultural workers," "Support legislation to remove barriers that prevent former prisoners from accessing housing, employment, educational and job training, and services needed to successfully reenter society," "Support improvements to and reauthorization of the Head Start Program," "Support incentives to states to improve quality of subsidized child care," "Support increased access to child care for children whose parents work non-traditional hours," etc.
With all due respect, this is not a charitable organization . . . it is a den of Marxism that has no business using the word "Catholic" in its name.