The Catholic missionaries operating in Somalia participated in the country's decolonization process and, from the 1960s to the late 1980s, combined their religious mission with structured activities in education and social welfare, modelled along the lines of humanitarian intervention. This approach culminated in the establishment of Caritas Somalia in 1982. Caritas, as a religious institution advocating universal, humanitarian, and internationalist values, has yet to be the subject of extensive studies; the aim of this paper, based on unpublished archival documentation, is to examine the case study of Caritas Somalia. By interacting with the UN and other international agencies, it became the core of the humanitarian and missionary efforts in the country, through which key activities such as drilling water wells, assisting refugee camps, and constructing hospitals were undertaken. Caritas Somalia represented the framework wherewith Christian charity was organized, bridging the work of missionaries with that of international organizations.