CCODP is Canada Caritas.  I think in the US ... the Caritas member is Catholic Relief Services.  I think they are "just" an emergency relief agency ... but still attacked by the Lifesitenews (LSN) folks.  Development and Peace takes its name from Paul VI - the new word for peace is development.  We do education, advocacy and development as well as emergency relief in the so-called "global south".  It is a partnership with locals and they discern the direction. LSN goes after us - as they do all Caritas partners because they say we partner with people who support contraception.  All Caritas partners are vetted by local bishops and even though it has been debunked numerous times ... they keep spreading lies.  Being a member of Caritas Internationalis means we have partners in over 160 nations.  What attracts me is they are about addressing the root causes of poverty, inequality, environmental degradation, war, immigration, - anything that detracts from all having life with dignity.