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"What is charity? The virtue by which you love God above all things and your neighbor as yourself for the love of God. "And now there remain faith, hope and charity, these three: but the greatest of these is charity." (1 Corinthians 13:13)
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"Love—caritas—will always prove necessary, even in the most just society. There is no ordering of the State so just that it can eliminate the need for a service of love. Whoever wants to eliminate love is preparing to eliminate man as such. There will always be suffering which cries out for consolation and help. There will always be loneliness. There will always be situations of material need where help in the form of concrete love of neighbour is indispensable"
ENCYCLICAL LETTER DEUS CARITAS EST OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF BENEDICT XVI
Thank you for your instructions on Charity and Love.
Thank you also for citing that chapter of Corinthians. The New American Bible (post Vatican II) rewrote that chapter, substituting the word Love at all eight mentions of the word Charity. (No wonder Catholics are confused!) I, like you, prefer the original, more accurate version.