The Roman Catholic Church is the largest non-government provider of health care services in the world.[1] In ancient times, the early Christians were noted for tending the sick and infirm, and priests were often also physicians. Christian emphasis on practical charity gave rise to the development of systematic nursing and hospitals. As Catholicism became a global religion, the Catholic religious orders, religious and lay people established health care centres around the world. In 2010, the Church’s Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers said that the Church manages 26% of the world’s health care facilities.[2] It has around 18,000 clinics, 16,000 homes for the elderly and those with special needs, and 5,500 hospitals, with 65 per cent of them located in developing countries.[3]
Catholic involvement in the field of health care is born of the teachings of Jesus Christ and of Catholic social teaching. Jesus, whom the church holds as its founder, placed a particular emphasis on care for the sick and outcast - such as lepers - and his Apostles reportedly went about curing and anointing the sick. Jesus identified so strongly with the sick and afflicted, that he equated serving them with serving him. The Benedictine rule of later centuries holds that “the care of the sick is to be placed above and before every other duty, as if indeed Christ were being directly served by waiting on them”. In 2013, Pope Francis likened the mission of his church to “a field hospital after battle”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caritas_%28charity%29
http://www.forbes.com/top-charities/
And I challenge anyone to show me a Church organization that does more for humanity than the KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_Columbus
For their support for the Church and local communities, as well as for their philanthropic efforts, Pope John Paul II referred to the Order as a “strong right arm of the Church.”[6] In 2013, the Order gave over US$170.1 million directly to charity and performed over 70.5 million man-hours of voluntary service. [7] Over 413,000 pints of blood were donated in 2010.[8] The Order’s insurance program has more than $90 billion of life insurance policies in force, backed up by $19.8 billion in assets,[9] and holds the highest insurance ratings given by A. M. Best and the Insurance Marketplace Standards Association.[10] Within the United States on the national and state level, the Order is active in the political arena lobbying for laws and positions that uphold the Catholic Church’s positions on public policy and social issues.
Wow! That was a big cut and paste - and brag. The widow who gave two tiny mites never told a soul and Christ said she had given more than the others.
So while everything your post named is good, that isn’t the basis Christ uses to evaluate giving. Others may give substantially less and it will count as more - and there will be no accompanying clanging gong.