Azione Cattolica
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The Azione Cattolica Italiana, or Azione Cattolica for short, is a widespread Roman Catholic lay association in Italy. Members believe that priests have an ethical and religious duty to support the ri
AC membership card, 1953. In English, "Catholic Action Men's Union."
The Italian People's Party, also translated as Italian Popular Party, was a Christian democratic political party in Italy inspired by Catholic social teaching. It was active in the 1920s, but fell apa
Azione Cattolica
…Since the organization was forbidden by the Vatican to participate in politics, it was not as much opposed by the fascist regime as it was by the Partito Popolare. Vatican support for Catholic Action resulted in hundreds of thousands of Catholics withdrawing from the Partito Popolare Italiano, and joining the…
Electoral logo of the PPI (1919)